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The increase in populism that import competition causes has its roots in import competition’s adverse effects on local labor markets

Canadian economist Mario Seccareccia, recipient of this year’s John Kenneth Galbraith Prize in Economics, says it’s time to reconsider the idea of full employment. He spoke to Lynn Parramore of the Institute for New Economic Thinking about why 2021 offers a rare opportunity to rebalance the economy in favor of Main Street.

The plight of white blue-collar workers is well-known, but Blacks in that category were feeling the squeeze long before their white counterparts.

In 1898, upwardly mobile Blacks in Wilmington, NC were terrorized and slaughtered in a violent insurrection that set the stage for Jim Crow – and the next 123 years. Hardly anyone really knows about it.

Contrary to the New Keynesian paradigm, long-term unemployment can be reversed without a significant uptick in inflation

Mortality and economic data show how constraints to government spending and a skepticism of redistributive policies have made the pandemic far worse

School re-opening push based on outdated science is poorly timed in face of coronavirus resurgence

The IPCC was correct in emphasizing the need for early mitigation, but their analysis of possible growth trajectories appears to be faulty.

“We’re building a data system, because you can’t really manage a city if you don’t know who’s there and what’s in it.”

Capacity, Scale, and Control