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Peter Victor challenges the basis of our obsession with economic growth

Fred Block discusses his book, “The Power of Market Fundamentalism”.

Will the “Celtic Tiger” re-emerge or is Ireland’s recovery stunted by austerity programs?

How does the law interact with finance? Katharina Pistor on the paradoxical relationship between law and finance.

We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities to grow intellectually.

What is the scale of effort that is actually required to initiate global cyber warfare? Amir Herzberg elaborates on cyber security, cyber warfare and basic privacy in the global digital age.

Many believe that we already have a healthcare problem. But let’s get this straight: healthcare is a solution. Joon Yun posits a new way of thinking about health, illness and aging.

Has the Dodd-Frank Act had its intended effect?

Ajay Kela on creating a culture of entrepreneurship in India.

Improved access to education is often touted as the key to addressing racial inequality in the economy, but Lisa Cook’s research into the innovation economy shows that women and African-Americans are underrepresented despite their educational qualifications.

Eric Weinstein of Thiel Capital, a mathematician, physicist, and economist, explains the issues around economic thought and their potential consequences.

So how far have we come since Lehman? How much more do we have to do?

What if innovation is not an unalloyed good for society? What if it simply adds to our current dystopian dysfunction?

Institute President Rob Johnson interviews David Cay Johnston about his new book, Divided: The Perils of Our Growing Inequality.

In recent decades, market values have crowded out non- market norms in almost every aspect of life—medicine, education, government, law, art, sports, even family life and personal relations. Without quite realizing it, we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society. Is this where we want to be?