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After years of amassing power, the tide is turning against the tech monopolies

In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin speak with Carl Manlan, the Chief Operating Officer of the Ecobank Foundation - responsible for Ecobank’s social impact engagement with the communities in which the bank operates in Africa – on the role of African philanthropy and corporate social responsibility in the response to COVID-19 on the continent.

Trump’s approach largely failed because the problem can’t be solved by tariffs. Here’s the answer.

How electric and self-driving cars could change the industry

A look inside the byzantine world of online ads

A response to Jason Furman and Lawrence Summers

No one person or perspective holds the key to solving economic problems, says Jay Pocklington of the Institute for New Economic Thinking

Individual EU member states ought to issue perpetual bonds

The perverted dreams of western modernity and capitalism may be exhausting themselves, says author Eugene McCarraher. And that’s something to be thankful for.

Carbon pricing still has the potential to be a powerful tool contributing to emissions reductions, but it is clearly no panacea.

Targeted Measures and Subsidies for Cost Effective COVID-19 Abatement

By fully utilizing the power of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), President Biden could take meaningful steps to keep workers safe during the pandemic, even without Congress’s help

When segregationists fought against school integration, libertarian economist James Buchanan saw an opportunity for his private education plan

New INET research shows once again that it’s large firms and the 1%—not the “median voter”—who drive U.S. policy

In this interview, Dr. Vera Songwe, economist and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa reflects on the ways that African governments have handled COVID-19, the role of the Continental Free Trade Agreement in turbo-charging future growth, the vital role of infrastructural investment and mobilising domestic resources for building forward better and greener.