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Secular stagnation, bubbles and the legacy of the contraceptive pill
Oct 28, 2016
Oral contraception created a population that, today, is disproportionately inclined to save, resulting in low to negative real interest rates. Excess eurozone savings can only be accomodated by raising sovereign debt levels
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YSI Event
Basel III and the Challenges of Banking Regulation
A webinar series organized by the YSI Financial Stability Working Group
YSI
DiscussionJul 8–Sep 9, 2016
The YSI Financial Stability Working Group will explore the changing nature of banking regulation. The series will look into the history of the Basel regulations, how they are conceived, and the challenges that are posed in their implementation.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics Counted Only Eight Strikes in 2020, Payday Report Counted 1,200
Jul 13, 2021
In the era of COVID and digital movements, strikes look radically different from traditional labor strikes
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The Bogus Paper that Gutted Workers’ Rights
Feb 6, 2019
For years, governments in India and much of the developing world have followed the advice of a paper arguing that labor regulations actually hurt workers. The problem? The research was wrong.
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They called it a sunspot
Dec 7, 2014
One of the earliest attempts to tackle the problem of multiple equilibria in Macroeconomics was a byproduct of David Cass and Karl Shell’s engagement with Robert Lucas’s 1972 paper on ‘Expectations and the Neutrality of Money.’
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James Boyce Wins 2016 Leontief Award for Work on Environmental Inequality
Oct 11, 2016
Institute grantee Boyce cited for integrating ‘ecological, developmental and justice-oriented approaches’ into economics
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Argentina’s Unseen Fragility
May 18, 2018
With growth fueled by an increase in debt, Argentina is facing an uncertain economic future, despite investors’ generally rosy view. The government of Mauricio Macri has options to address the country’s macroeconomic risks, but none of them will be free of tough choices.
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Webinars and Events
Understanding and Addressing Emerging Inequalities in the 21st Century in South Asia
ConferenceINET-YSI South Asia Regional Conference on Social Change
Feb 24–26, 2025
As the world grapples with rapid technological advancements, demographic shifts, environmental challenges, and governance transformations, new forms of inequality are emerging.
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In the Footsteps of Ptolemy: The ‘Science of Monetary Policy’ and the Inflation of 2021-2023
Oct 9, 2023
The impenetrability of this continuously expanding Ptolemaic New Keynesian paradigm is maddening
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Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe?
Mar 4, 2022
President Biden’s first SOTU Address was a missed opportunity to say what he knows to be true: Stock buybacks manipulate the market and leave most Americans worse off
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They Looted Companies — Now They're Looting the Government
May 12, 2025
Economist William Lazonick reveals how the extraction model of American corporations has migrated from business to government.
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Mossadeck Bally, CEO Azalaï Hotels group: "Africa’s Economic Recovery Plans Must Involve the Private Sector as an Integral Part"
Oct 13, 2020
In this interview, Mr. Mossadeck Bally, a Malian businessman and CEO of Azalai Hotels Group and member of GRAIN (Group of Reflection, Actions and Innovative Initiatives) discusses the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on his hotel group, the role of the Malian private sector in the economic recovery plan, youth employment and the solutions that must be provided to the political crisis in Mali.
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Let Them Drink Pollution?
Jan 26, 2016
The tragic crisis in Flint, Michigan, where residents have been poisoned by lead contamination, is not just about drinking water. And it’s not just about Flint. It’s about race and class, and the stark contradiction between the American dream of equal rights and opportunity for all and the American nightmare of metastasizing inequality of wealth and power.
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Hijacked and Paying the Price - Why Ransomware Gangs Should be Designated as Terrorists
May 13, 2021
Ransomware gangs have been causing extensive damage. It’s time that the government takes them more seriously.
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Monetary Finance: Mechanics & Complications
May 23, 2016
Eight years after the 2008 crisis the global economy is still stuck with low growth, too low inflation, and rising debt burdens. Massive monetary stimulus has failed to generate adequate demand, and some commentators suggest that we are “out of ammunition” with which to counter deflationary pressures.