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The effect of monetary policy on the functional distribution of income

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.

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.

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

Preface to the Japanese Edition of Golden Rule

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind reveal how centuries of belief in infinite growth on a finite planet have put us all in danger

The tough policy choices ahead for confronting the climate crisis

The role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.

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?

Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion, responding to Servaas Storm

Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion

Every banking crisis has its own overarching narratives and coincidental streams of various sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.

Smith did not advocate a single-minded pursuit of profit

Besides changes in institutions and social norms, other phenomena could explain a rise in the profit share.

To what extent is profit-led inflation compatible with what we know about the price-setting behavior of firms and income distribution?