Article | Health
4 Charts Explain Why You Should Worry About the New U.K. Covid Strain
Expert warns that it could be a race against the clock as the fast-spreading B117 variant picks up steam in the U.S.
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Article | Health
New Covid “Super Strain” is a Game-Changer for Schools and More
Expert warns that without more robust abatement measures and testing, the virus could rage until mid-2022.
Article | Labor
“Build Back Better” Needs an Agenda for Upward Mobility
How the dream of a middle class existence collapsed, first for Blacks, then for more and more white American workers and what the Biden administration could do to retrieve the situation.
By William Lazonick, Philip Moss, and Joshua Weitz
Article | Development
Paper: Structural Transformation, Economic Development and Industrialization in Post-Covid-19 Africa
While Africa’s “premature deindustrialization” appears to be the dominant global narrative, recent analysis of the data suggests that de-industrialization is not the common experience for the majority of African countries
By Carlos Lopes and Dirk Willem te Velde
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Article | Development
The COVID-19 Crisis Presents Major Opportunities for Africa’s Structural Transformation
In this interview, Camilla Toulmin and Folashadé Soulé speak with Carlos Lopes, Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town, Visiting Professor at Sciences Po, Paris and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, London
By Camilla Toulmin and Folashadé Soulé
Article | Environment
The Promise and Limits of Carbon Pricing
By Ryan Rafaty, Geoffroy Dolphin, and Felix Pretis
Video
Has Economic Theory Failed?
George Soros explains why there is no mathematical equation that can define humanity.
Featuring George Soros
Working Paper | Government & Politics
Local David Versus Global Goliath: Populist Parties and the Decline of Progressive Politics in Italy
This paper analyzes the role of local spending, particularly on social welfare, and local inequality as factors in the Italian political crisis following the adoption in 2011 of more radical national austerity measures.
“Build back” means restoring the government and business investments in the productive capabilities of the U.S. labor force that created a growing middle class in the three decades after World War II
By Joshua Weitz, William Lazonick, and Philip Moss
Working Paper | Human Behavior
Rethinking the Role of the Representativeness Heuristic in Macroeconomics and Finance Theory
Even if psychological factors influence participants’ decision-making, as behavioral economists compellingly argue, incorporating such factors into economic theory would seem to require that market participants adhere to elementary logical rules.
By Roman Frydman and Morten Tabor
Working Paper | Business & Industry
The Future of the Automotive Industry: Dangerous Challenges or New Life for a Saturated Market?
How electric and self-driving cars could change the industry
By Annamaria Simonazzi, Jorge Carreto Sanginés, and Margherita Russo
Working Paper | Environment
Carbon Pricing and the Elasticity of CO2 Emissions
Carbon pricing still has the potential to be a powerful tool contributing to emissions reductions, but it is clearly no panacea.
By Ryan Rafaty, Geoffroy Dolphin, and Felix Pretis
In this paper we analyze the Gilens dataset using the complementary tools of Random Forest classifiers (RFs), from Machine Learning.
Dec 08, 2020
Webinars and Events
Debt Talks Episode 5 | Developing Country Debt: What's Next?
Can developing countries cope with high debt levels? How dire is the situation? Has the policy response been adequate? And what’s the situation in private external debt, and what should be done about private creditors? This edition of Debt Talks will discuss the situation in developing country debt during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 02, 2020
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The Future of Work | Meaningful Integration or Jobless Future?
The central challenge confronting us in the future of work is this: can we create a future where work exists for all who need one with fair rewards, or will we end up on the path of increasing displacement, leaving workers vulnerable, dispensable, and miserable?
Nov 17, 2020
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Debt Talks Episode 4 | Do We Need a Debt Jubilee?
What is the current situation in private indebtedness in the U.S.? Recent ideas suggest that excessive levels of debt are an obstacle to a quick recovery and sustained economic growth.
Nov 10, 2020
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The Future of Work | Who’s Not Afraid of Robots? A Comparison of National Models
Some nations have embraced new technologies, while others seem ill-prepared. What accounts for this difference?
Oct 27, 2020
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The Future of Work | The Work of Future: How Will Work Be Different?
In the future, how will work be different, what jobs are most at risk, what jobs are likely to grow?
Oct 20, 2020
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Debt Talks Episode 3 | How Bad Can It Still Get? Credit Risks, Debt Overhang, and the COVID-19 Recession
What is the current situation in credit markets? Will an overhang of debt on corporate balance sheets slow down the recovery from the COVID recession and be a drag on investment going forward? Does the COVID recession still have the potential to turn into a broader financial meltdown?
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