Archive
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New Report on Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Raises Serious Concerns about Corporate Misalignment
Mar 9, 2016
The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society’s report analyzes the Trans-Pacific Partnership and examines the widespread global implications in the event of its passage.
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Different Models, Different Politics
Mar 9, 2016
Gerald Friedman responds to the Romers on the Sanders Plan.
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Politics & Economics Don't Mix
Mar 4, 2016
Jamie Galbraith and I rarely agree. But we agree here.
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Three Questions with Matthew Desmond
Mar 3, 2016
HCEO’s new three-question series will regularly publish quick Q&As with members who will discuss their work, frontiers in the field of inequality that could use more knowledge, and advice for emerging scholars.
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Economic Forecasting Models & Sanders Program Controversy
Feb 26, 2016
The Romer/Romer letter to Professor Gerald Friedman marks a turning point. It concedes that there are indeed important issues at stake when evaluating the proposed economic policies of Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders. These issues go beyond the political debate and should be discussed seriously between and among professional economists.
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Confusion Is No Response to Economic Orthodoxy
Feb 22, 2016
Servaas Storm has conviction, yet his analysis throws the baby out with the bathwater.
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What is Missing in Flassbeck & Lapavitsas
Feb 22, 2016
More on substance, coherence, and relevance in the Eurozone debate.
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The China Delusion
Feb 18, 2016
The current bout of exchange rate anxiety is really just a symptom of the fact that China’s transition from an export-led growth strategy to one propelled by domestic consumption is proceeding far less smoothly than hoped.
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Professional Expertise or Politics Driving Economists’ View of Hillary and Bernie?
Feb 9, 2016
Bullet-point financial reform proposals are either too simple or too vague.
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The IMF unlocks billions in aid, but from whom?
Feb 2, 2016
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious policy agenda that aims to eradicate poverty, in all its forms and dimensions, by 2030.
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Rejoinder to Flassbeck and Lapavitsas
Jan 28, 2016
It is high time to ditch this myth for at least the following five reasons.
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Wage Moderation and Productivity in Europe
Jan 28, 2016
Recently, our analysis has been questioned by Servaas Storm who has claimed that it is untenable to blame neo-mercantilist Germany for driving a wedge into the Eurozone. [i] It is shown below that Storm’s critique has a certain aplomb, but lacks substance.
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Are Economists in Denial About What's Driving the Inequality Trainwreck?
Jan 27, 2016
Today’s richest Americans may soon blow past the tycoons of the Roaring Twenties. Lance Taylor explains why, and what to do about it.
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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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Friendly Fire
Jan 20, 2016
Comments on “German Wage Moderation and the Eurozone Crisis: A Critical Analysis” by Servaas Storm