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Over the last four decades, Americans have consistently told pollsters that they favor higher taxes on business and the wealthy, even as tax policy has moved sharply in the other direction.

A series on the changing economic dynamics of the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

The BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—play a crucial and growing role in the world economy. Sanjay Reddy kicks off our series exploring shifting social and economic dynamics within these countries, and what they mean for the global economy.    

Ahead of the series launch, Harvard’s Michael Sandel discusses the moral limits of markets with Rob Johnson

The INET YSI Financial Stability working group (WG) is organising a workshop as part of the Rethinking Finance Conference in Oslo at the Norwegian Business School BI on April 14th, 2018.

The twin threats of right-wing populism and unencumbered financial capitalism pose a crisis for democracy across the world, argues Robert Kuttner in his new book, Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?

Training first-world children for a third-world life

The economist reflects back on the racial justice leader who showed him the limits of his academic training.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders relied on black entrepreneurs to make their work possible

Steve Fazzari argues that stimulating demand is the key to jump-starting stagnant economies

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

Fifty years after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., INET looks back at his forgotten economic legacy. In the final years of his life, these provocative positions made King controversial, and they remain as urgent now as they were then.

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

Bill discusses symbolism of the cross and lynching tree with theologian James Cone.

Cross posted from Thursday, February 28, 2008’s broadcast of Democracy Now!