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It’s time to connect political violence with economic violence.

The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years later, and the relevance of his economic ideas today

In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice

Banks are pushing for deregulation and roll backs of Dodd-Frank’s regular check-ups on their financial health. We should be worried. 

Cuba’s entirely state-owned biopharmaceutical industry has been remarkably successful, and can serve as a model for other nations

Contrary to the neoclassical model’s assumptions, shifts in aggregate demand have persistent effects on GDP

Over the next year, the Bitcoin price could double, soar tenfold, or collapse by 95% or more, and no economic analysis can help predict where in that range it will lie. Like other cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin serves no useful economic purpose, though in macroeconomic terms, such currencies probably also do little harm.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin features arguments in questions to SEC nominees, pharmaceutical industry witness

Contrary to conventional wisdom, government stimulus can improve the health of the economy for years after, without inflationary side effects 

The 2008 financial crisis was a shock to faith in entirely free financial markets. But the neoliberal assumptions underlying the previously dominant “Washington Consensus” continue to inform much Western commentary on China’s economy.