The $1.9 trillion stimulus should be large because the need is large
Article | Labor
Missing Voters and Missing Unemployed Black Workers
Like Republicans with political polls, unemployed Black workers are underrepresented in federal employment data because of non-response.
By Yixia Cai and Dean Baker
Article | Laws
The Erroneous Foundations of Law and Economics
Conservative legal theory is based on a shoddy definition of what constitutes “efficiency”
By Mark Glick and Gabriel Lozada
Podcasts
The Long-Overdue Revolution in Economic Thinking
University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the many ways in which conventional economics has failed us, ranging from how to manage the post-pandemic economy, the role of finance, to the problems of inequality and climate change.
Article | Environment
To Fight Climate Change, Save Energy and Reduce Inequality
The IPCC was correct in emphasizing the need for early mitigation, but their analysis of possible growth trajectories appears to be faulty.
By Lance Taylor, Gregor Semieniuk, Duncan Foley, and Armon Rezai
Working Paper | Labor
By Yixia Cai and Dean Baker
Article | Health
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Freetown City Council, Sierra Leone
By Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin
Webinars and Events | Business & Industry, History, Finance, Private Debt
Debt Talks Episode 6 | Who’s Afraid of European Banks?
Article | Culture
Single-family home-ownership—elusive for many today—is an aspiration we ought to abandon
By Pirmin Fessler and Martin Schürz
Video
Black women are forfeiting $50 billion/year in the US due to the combined gender and racial wage gap.
Featuring Michelle Holder
Working Paper | Labor
A large and growing percentage of households are missed in the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS).
By Yixia Cai and Dean Baker
Working Paper | Laws
Conservative legal theory is based on a shoddy definition of what constitutes “efficiency”
By Mark Glick and Gabriel Lozada
Working Paper | Technology & Innovation
Labor-saving advances in AI may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
By Anton Korinek and Joe Stiglitz
Working Paper | Macroeconomics
Recognizing that inflation of the value of output and its costs of production must be equal, we focus on a cost-based macroeconomic structuralist approach in contrast to micro-oriented monetarist analysis.
Working Paper | Government & Politics
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
Feb 23, 2021
Webinars and Events
Does the COVID recession still have the potential to turn into a broader financial meltdown?
Jan 26, 2021
Webinars and Events
Given the mounting need to create good jobs, effect structural change, and transform the economy, what should policy priorities be in the digital era? Is there a role for industrial policy? What new policy options do we need to achieve inclusive prosperity?
Jan 19, 2021
Webinars and Events
What are the choices we must make to ensure technology empowers, augments, rewards, and respects the majority, not the few, given its increasing defining role in future economies and societies?
Jan 12, 2021
Webinars and Events
Traditional welfare systems have emphasized the need for redistribution post-production. Are these policies sufficient in the future?
Dec 08, 2020
Webinars and Events
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
Webinars and Events
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?
News
Bloomberg
Jan 25, 2021
The Conversation
Jan 25, 2021
Project Syndicate
Jan 25, 2021
