Archive
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Video
Can Crypto Be Socially Valuable?
Jan 24, 2024
The Impact of Public Blockchains and Private Pools
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Article
Bagehot on Money: A Bridge Between Bankers and Economists?
Jan 22, 2024
Reinterpreting Bagehot’s mature work as the origin of the key currency tradition
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Working Paper
Working PaperBagehot’s Classical Money View: A Reconstruction
Jan 2024
Read in the context of his time, Bagehot’s book Lombard Street appears as an attempt above all to reveal the dynamic of globalization when global money was sterling.
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Webinars and Events
Labor Market Volatility Today: From Understanding Volatility to Reducing Financial Insecurity
WebinarJan 18, 2024
An expert panel will discuss the latest research on the experiences of workers facing volatility of their time and income, how this volatility impacts their financial outcomes over time, ways current policies help or hinder workers cope with labor market volatility, and other possibilities for change.
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Video
Busting the Bankers' Club
Jan 17, 2024
Finance for the Rest of Us
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Article
Occupation, Gender, and Labor Market Volatility
Jan 16, 2024
When working within the same employment spell, female workers, particularly those of color and those working in low-wage service and care jobs, earn significantly less when facing greater volatility than their male counterparts or those working in non-service, non-care occupations.
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Article
Finally, an Economist Takes on the Topic of Power
Jan 16, 2024
Alessandro Roncaglia has mulled the topic of power over his long and distinguished career – a topic most economists avoid. His new book explores the historical dynamics of power and asks how we can change its distribution today.
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Working Paper
Working PaperLabor Market Volatility and Worker Financial Wellbeing: An Occupational and Gender Perspective
Jan 2024
Research on labor market experience does not explain the link between the volatility low-wage workers encounter and their earnings and it leaves open numerous pressing questions, such as what, if anything, can be done to reduce racial and ethnic differences in economic well-being.
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Article
As Presidential Hopefuls Spar on Social Security, This Expert Separates Fact from Fiction
Jan 12, 2024
Eric Laursen, author of The People’s Pension, explains to INET’s Lynn Parramore what’s at stake for Americans in a year of sneak attacks and misinformation.
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Video
How Stock Buybacks Fuel the Racial Wealth Gap
Jan 10, 2024
Lenore Palladino explains how stock buybacks drive inequality, and why we desperately need a policy shift.
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Article
Unhappy New Year: How Austerity is Making a Comeback in Berlin and Brussels
Jan 4, 2024
Germany’s debt brake and EU fiscal rules will make it well neigh impossible for EU countries to fund the investments needed to decarbonize their economies.
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Video
Barbara Bergman: Pioneering Feminist Economist & Advocate for Economic Diversity
Jan 3, 2024
Bergman’s groundbreaking work in the field of feminist economics challenged conventional economic theories and emphasized the significance of power, patriarchy, and social provisioning.
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Article
American Household Debt: A Reappraisal
Jan 2, 2024
Which households are more exposed to financial risk and to what extent is their debt systemically relevant?
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Working Paper
Working PaperMapping Fragility – Functions of Wealth and Social Classes in US Household Finance
Jan 2024
Examining the crucial role of poverty and inequality in shaping household indebtedness.
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