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The Antidote to the Wall is the Bridge
Jan 31, 2022
Professor Glenn Hubbard, professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School, talks about his just-released book, “The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption’s Wake,” and how society and policymakers can help those who are left behind in the wake of today’s competitive world.
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Legal Evil
Jan 19, 2022
From feudal land rights to intellectual property in the modern era, lawyers have been battling over capital for centuries. Typically leveraging social resources to generate and protect private wealth.
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Our Own Worst Enemy
Dec 13, 2021
Tom Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, US Naval War College, columnist for USA Today, and contributing writer at The Atlantic, discusses his new book, Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy, and how a decline in civic virtue has generated a dangerous illiberalism.
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A Clash of Two Gilded Ages
Dec 6, 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 gilded ages instead of a clash of civilizations.
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The Legacy of Systemic Racism
Dec 1, 2021
How systemic racism of the past continues to haunt the present.
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Innovation in the Service of Society
Nov 24, 2021
How innovation ought to be guided if it is to be successful in addressing our most pressing problems.
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Can Markets Save the Planet?
Nov 10, 2021
Graciela Chichilnisky has a plan to do exactly that.
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A New Vision for Economics Education
Nov 5, 2021
The education of the next generation of economists too often ignores the real crisis we face today: climate change, inequality, and financial instability.
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How Do We Create the Financial Conditions for a Green New Deal?
Nov 3, 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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The US Federal Government's Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis
Nov 1, 2021
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.
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How China Escaped Shock Therapy
Oct 27, 2021
A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China’s market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe.
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What Universities Owe Democracy
Oct 25, 2021
We have certainly been testing the resilience of democracy, but are we paying attention to the lessons?
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We Need a Resilient Society
Oct 5, 2021
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
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Transforming and Democratizing Institutions to Address Climate Change
Sep 17, 2021
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.
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Feminist Economics
Sep 15, 2021
The economy is not gender neutral, but actually relies on gender imbalances to function and grow.