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economists still conceive of law too narrowly, mainly as a means to reduce transaction costs and protect investors.

Economic theories are powerful things, to be used and misused. Those who write economic theory and do economic policy need to be aware of the consequences of what they are doing.

Changing the incentives for how economists determine both the content of the subject and their approach to scientific research could increase the range of thinking in the profession

“Four men sat at a table. Raised sixty floors above the city, they did not speak loudly as one speaks from a height in the freedom of air and space; they kept their voices low, as befitted a cellar.”

A review of The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths, the new book by Mariana Mazzucato

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many of our policy makers and top economists are still stumbling in the dark.

What is the purpose of economics?

What happens when there’s no leader in the global economy?

Can economics be morally centered? And perhaps more importantly, should it be?

Has the servant’s servant become the master’s master?

A poem seems to be an almost perfect metaphor for the modern corporate world.

In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice