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James K. Galbraith slams “unreliable” report claiming that raising the minimum wage would reduce jobs

The economy is likely to be crippled for months and fiscal rescue on a large scale, once again, is very much necessary.

Populist parties and the decline of progressive politics in Italy

In this interview, Folashadé Soulé and Camilla Toulmin speak with Carl Manlan, the Chief Operating Officer of the Ecobank Foundation - responsible for Ecobank’s social impact engagement with the communities in which the bank operates in Africa – on the role of African philanthropy and corporate social responsibility in the response to COVID-19 on the continent.

Trump’s approach largely failed because the problem can’t be solved by tariffs. Here’s the answer.

By fully utilizing the power of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), President Biden could take meaningful steps to keep workers safe during the pandemic, even without Congress’s help

When segregationists fought against school integration, libertarian economist James Buchanan saw an opportunity for his private education plan

Lance Taylor responds to William Janeway’s essay on John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey. Janeway then offers his response.

Lance Taylor and Özlem Ömer respond to Andrew Smithers’s final comment on their working paper

For thirty years after the Civil Rights Act, a sizable share of white Southerners still voted Democrat. That changed when the party embraced trade deals that hurt American workers.