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How innovation ought to be guided if it is to be successful in addressing our most pressing problems.

Graciela Chichilnisky has a plan to do exactly that.

The education of the next generation of economists too often ignores the real crisis we face today: climate change, inequality, and financial instability.

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.

From LBJ to the present, the federal government has knowingly continued to expand the US fossil economy, not passively but as a major active player, endangering the future of young people.

A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China’s market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe.

We have certainly been testing the resilience of democracy, but are we paying attention to the lessons?

Princeton economics professor Markus Brunnermeier discusses his recently released book, The Resilient Society, which argues that in crisis-prone situations societal resilience is a crucial component for averting outright disaster and outlines how we might achieve that resilience. SHOW MORE

Geoff Mann, professor of geography at Simon Fraser University and co-author of the book, Climate Leviathan, discusses the authoritarian dangers ahead, as the world tried to cope with climate change, and how all institutions, including central banking, need to evolve so they address the problem adequately.

The economy is not gender neutral, but actually relies on gender imbalances to function and grow.

Adam Tooze discusses his new book with Rob Johnson

Gisele Huff, education policy specialist and president of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, along with john a. powell, director of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, talk about the motivations and process behind the soon-to-be-released report, “Convening on Automation, Opportunity, and Belonging: Vision and Foundations for a Better Society.”

Economics has many flaws, yet few are as broadly oppressive as its illusions about gender.

Isabella Weber, assistant professor of economics at UMass Amherst, discusses her new book on how China managed its transition from central planning to markets

If we save education, can we save humanity?