Government & Politics
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Working Paper
Germany and China Have Savings Gluts, the USA Is a Sump: So What?
Aug 2020
An alternative look at the “global savings glut”
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How Might the Pandemic Change the World Economy? Peering into the Future
Webinarwith Dr. Kaushik Basu
Aug 6, 2020
While policymakers around the world are in fire-fighting mode, trying to keep the economies in their charge running and the mysterious pandemic under control, the global terrain beneath our feet is shifting. Which countries will emerge as winners and losers in the new global landscape?
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Working Paper
How “Maximizing Shareholder Value” Minimized the Strategic National Stockpile: The $5.3 Trillion Question for Pandemic Preparedness Raised by the Ventilator Fiasco
Jul 2020
The success of projects for pandemic preparedness and response depends on the strength of government-business collaborations.
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Immaculate Deception
Jul 20, 2020
How and Why Bankers Still Enjoy a Global Rescue Network
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Working Paper Series
Immaculate Deception: How (and Why) Bankers Still Enjoy a Global Rescue Network
Jul 2020
A look at Dodd-Frank’s impact
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Building a Global Economic Response to COVID-19
Webinarwith Mohamed A. El-Erian | 12:30pm ET / 9:30 PT
Jul 16, 2020
As the world economy seeks to emerge from the deep recession caused by the pandemic, economic nationalism and isolationism are on the rise. Yet the better response to lower growth and worsening inequality could involve globally-coordinated policy responses that focus on broad based, sustainable economic growth. Now more than ever it is time for a new global economic policy paradigm that can facilitate a strong recovery.
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Big Pharma Wants to Pocket the Profits From a COVID Treatment You Already Paid For
Jul 7, 2020
Gilead’s shareholders want exorbitant profits from Remdesivir, even though it was the public that enabled its development.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Fed’s New Credit Allocation Policy
Jun 30, 2020
The Fed is taking an aggressive approach to put out the economic fires of the pandemic. But it needs to allow for flexibility as some business models irreparably change.
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The COVID-19 Bailout and its Financing Dilemmas
Jun 30, 2020
The speed and duration of COVID-19 economic recovery will depend on how the government will finance emergency programs.
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OSHA in the 21st Century: Real Protection for America’s Workers
Jun 25, 2020
The Occupational Safety Health Administration was created 50 years ago. Today, it’s in dire straits, say OSHA’s leaders during the Obama administration
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Trillions in COVID-19 Bailouts: Where Did it Go?
WebinarIn Discussion: Jesse Eisinger, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Senior Reporter and Editor for ProPublica with Rob Johnson, President of INET | 12:00pm ET - 9:00am PT
Jun 18, 2020
In March the US government authorized the largest domestic bailout in history. Who were the real winners and losers of this bailout? Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Jesse Eisinger has been following the money.
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Reshaping Economic Strategy After COVID-19
Webinarwith Dani Rodrik 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT
Jun 11, 2020
As the collapse of global supply chains highlights the fragility that comes with economic interdependence, the pandemic is fueling the rise of ethnonationalism. Policy decisions in response to the crisis will play an important role in determining the fate of the world economy.
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Why a V-Shaped Recession Is a Pipe Dream
Jun 8, 2020
Regardless of what Trump says, the economic pain of the pandemic isn’t going anywhere
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Money, Politics, and Social Conflict in the Age of COVID & YSI Discussion
Webinarwith Thomas Ferguson - 12pm ET / 9am PT
Jun 4, 2020
Every country has had a different policy response to the crisis; and within countries different political parties have championed various approaches. How has COVID-19 affected politics and social life in developed western countries?
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The Fleming Myth and the Public Sector Contribution to Discovery and Development of New Cancer Drugs
Jun 2, 2020
Abstract, “basic science” research is essential to drug discovery. It is also largely funded by the public sector.