Archive
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Article
The Economic Case for Single Payer Health Care in the US
Jul 8, 2017
Greater efficiency, lower costs, and universal coverage make it the sustainable option, say some top economists
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Video
How Not to Criticize Standard Economic Models
Jul 5, 2017
Mason doesn’t think teaching contending economic theories is effective, and sees the objective of introductory economics courses as teaching students basic tools to understand economic terminology and standard relationship between cause and effect.
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Article
Jim Chanos: U.S. Economy is Worse Than You Think
Jun 30, 2017
The famed short-seller offers a mid-2017 reality check for “fake fiscal news,” and economic pipe dreams, and sees “portents of even worse things”
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Article
We’ll Always Need Paris
Jun 29, 2017
Faced with rapid cost reductions for clean electricity generation, some commentators suggest that we no longer need the Paris agreement or other policy interventions, because technology alone can solve all problems.
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Article
The Many Transgressions of Deirdre McCloskey
Jun 28, 2017
McCloskey discusses her career, critiques of economics, and offers advice for young economists.
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Article
Mass Incarceration’s Dangerous New Equilibrium
Jun 22, 2017
A new model probes why the US leads the world in jailing and imprisoning people, and what it will take to reverse course
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Conference Session
America’s Recurring Debt Problem: Are We Approaching a New Tipping Point?
Jun 22, 2017 | 04:30—06:00
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesThe Qualitative Expectations Hypothesis
Jun 2017
Model Ambiguity, Consistent Representations of Market Forecasts, and Sentiment
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Article
Trump-Style Policies Will Deepen the “American Carnage”
Jun 20, 2017
Current proposals will worsen inequality and harm those Trump promised to protect—while further enriching the top 1%
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YSI Event
Globalization and the Developing World
YSI Latin America Convening 2017
YSI
ConferenceJun 17–21, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative is hosting its regional convening for Latin America in Mexico City from 17-21 June.
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Video
How to Resist Trump’s “Toxic To-Do List”
Jun 15, 2017
Naomi Klein discusses her new book, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need.
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YSI Event
Developing Equality
A discussion with Craig
YSI
DiscussionJun 15–16, 2017
This seminar is happening at INET Oxford
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Article
e-Book Launch: Can Dependency Theory Explain Our World Today?
Jun 14, 2017
Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) has released a new e-book, “Conversations on Dependency Theory”
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YSI Event
Developing Equality?
A discussion with Jonathan Wolff and Craig Holmes
YSI
WorkshopJun 14–Feb 23, 2017
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Article
The Hidden Cost of Privatization
Jun 13, 2017
Why some goods and services should stay in the public domain