609 Results for “COVID%2019”
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Podcasts
The Future of Economics
Mar 25, 2021
Tiger Gao, brilliant young host of the Princeton University podcast, Policy Punchline, interviews Rob Johnson about INET’s aims, the function of economics in academia, and the relationship between Silicon Valley culture and the latest technologies, among other things.
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Myths and Landmarks in US Economic History
Jul 19, 2021
Economic historian and INET board member Richard Vague, talks about his latest book, The Illustrated Business History of the United States, which reveals a number of misconceptions and myths about the development of the US economy
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Podcasts
Orville Schell
Jul 17, 2020
Orville Schell, the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, talks to Rob Johnson about the future of Chinese relations with the West, and how the former victim of Western imperialism is trying to get its revenge.
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India’s Leadership and Global Challenges of Climate and Finance
Oct 26, 2023
If we’re going to address environmental catastrophe, we need to support each other on a global scale. Rob Johnson checks in with Adair Turner about his work, and practical solutions to address the climate crisis.
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The Urgent Need for Climate Reparations
Nov 8, 2021
Patrick Bond, sociology professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, discusses the urgent need for climate reparations for Africa, in light of the COP26 climate summit, and why market solutions will not work to address the problems Africa is currently facing. Part 2 of 2.
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Article
Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don’t Have One
Apr 19, 2024
The American state has lost the capacity for concentrated and decisive effort at the forefront of technology and the associated science.
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Article
James M. Buchanan, Segregation, and Virginia’s Massive Resistance
Nov 9, 2020
When segregationists fought against school integration, libertarian economist James Buchanan saw an opportunity for his private education plan
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Article
The Dutch Earthquake
Nov 30, 2023
Why did so many Dutch voters vote for the far-right Geert Wilders?
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Peace is the Result of Diplomacy, Never of War
Jun 2, 2022
Columbia University’s renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs talks about the lessons he has learned from consulting with governments around the world, about how global problems, such as the war in Ukraine, will only be solved via efforts to understand the other side, never through force.
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Article
Fateful Collision: NATO’s Drive to the East Versus Russia’s Sphere of Influence
Jan 7, 2022
How did this dire situation come about?
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Podcast
Tolu Olubunmi
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Podcasts
How Do We Create the Financial Conditions for a Green New Deal?
Oct 14, 2021
Political economist, author, and public speaker Ann Pettifor talks about her latest book, The Case for a Green New Deal, which not only lays out the urgency for such a deal, but also proposes a roadmap for both national and global financial reform to make it possible.
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China & U.S. - A Clash of Two Gilded Ages
Dec 2, 2021
Yuen Yuen Ang, political science professor at the University of Michigan and author of the book, China’s Gilded Age, argues that the US and China have more in common than we usually think and that it makes more sense to see the conflict as a clash of two gilded ages instead of a clash of civilizations.
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The Rise and Fall of the Black Blue-Collar Middle Class, part 2
Jul 2, 2021
Umass Lowell Economics professor William Lazonick, outlines the history of how government policy and economic conditions contributed to the rise and fall of a Black blue-collar middle class. Part 2 takes a closer look at the role of finance and stock buybacks and what can be done to reverse the trend towards growing inequality.
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Podcasts
Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
Apr 27, 2023
Brendan Ballou, talks to Rob about his forthcoming book, Plunder, about the growing harmful role of private equity in the US. Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.