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How to Fix Monetary Policy in Advanced Countries
Aug 14, 2023
The monetary policies of major central banks in advanced economies have had negative consequences and thus need to be fixed
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Climate Finance: Where Does the Money Come From and Who Gets It?
Aug 7, 2023
Reaching climate goals means rich countries must invest in sustainable technologies in developing countries with huge energy needs.
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As the Ukraine War Drags On, It’s Time to Reassess the Impacts of Sanctions
Aug 2, 2023
The bundle of sanctions was initially designed and imposed in haste, with little basis to assess historic performance.
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Inflation Narratives and Their Consequences
Jul 31, 2023
On the reflexive relationship between inflation and inflation narratives
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Central Banks and Income Distribution: Does the Taylor Rule Push Up Rentier Incomes?
Jul 27, 2023
The effect of monetary policy on the functional distribution of income
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We Need a Double Pronged Public-Private Approach to Food Security
Jul 19, 2023
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President of AGRA, on how the Ukraine conflict has been a big wake-up call for many African governments, the huge importance of investing in soils, and her frustration at the slow pace of climate mitigation.
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Why is Getting Old So Hard and Expensive in America? New Book Challenges How We Think.
Jul 18, 2023
In The Measure of Our Age, elder justice expert M.T. Connolly, who served as coordinator of the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative, offers both a warning and challenge: the systems we rely on to protect us as we age haven’t caught up to our longevity. Good news: we have the tools to build better ones.
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Subsidizing Chemical Fertilizers is Counterproductive
Jul 13, 2023
By reducing our reliance on chemical fertilizers, policymakers could turn today’s food crisis into a genuine opportunity towards shifting subsidies from agribusiness-led to agroecological-led farming systems
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The Origins of the Investment Theory of Party Competition
Jul 13, 2023
Preface to the Japanese Edition of Golden Rule
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Economics v. the Earth: New Book Explores the History of a Tense Relationship
Jul 6, 2023
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind reveal how centuries of belief in infinite growth on a finite planet have put us all in danger
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Central Banks, Green Finance, and the Climate Crisis
Jun 29, 2023
The tough policy choices ahead for confronting the climate crisis
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Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Speculation, and Inflation
Jun 26, 2023
The role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.
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ER Doctor: "Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients"
Jun 22, 2023
Dr. Ming Lin, and healthcare providers like him, are fighting to take back control of medicine from private equity firms that are gobbling up practices and facilities. Should Wall Street make life-and-death decisions based on the bottom line?
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Profit Inflation and Markups Once Again
Jun 15, 2023
Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion, responding to Servaas Storm
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Profit Inflation Is Real
Jun 15, 2023
Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion