Archive
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Article
Shadow banking’s enduring perils
May 9, 2016
Five lessons from the last crisis — for managing the next one
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Article
Austerity without debt relief courts new unrest in Greece
May 9, 2016
Economist James K. Galbraith warns that ‘unrealistic expectations’ by Athens’ creditors is a recipe for turmoil
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Article
Minimum Wages & Job Loss
May 6, 2016
As empirical evidence continues to roll in, can the theoretical orthodoxy continue to hold their ground?
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Article
A Press That Serves the People in a Capitalist Society?
May 5, 2016
A new book by economist Julia Cagé offers a participatory business model for independent media.
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Video
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie?
May 4, 2016
McCloskey discusses the thesis of her recent trilogy, The Bourgeois Era, which holds that the driving force of economic growth in 17th and 18th century Europe was simply liberal ideas.
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Webinars and Events
Future of Work Industry 4.0 and the Pursuit of Social Innovation
ConferenceMay 4, 2016
Does the technology revolution require a new social policy?
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesOn Historical Household Budgets
May 2016
The paper argues that household budgets are the best starting point for investigating a number of big questions related to the evolution of the living standards during the last two-three centuries.
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Article
The Unfairness of Housing Purchases Through Time
Apr 29, 2016
Amid the ongoing research interest in questions of inequality, it is important to examine the question of access to housing — and how that has changed over the decades. The specific question I have sought to answer, here, is whether the real cost (measured against income) of buying the average home has risen.
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Article
Varoufakis: Star Trek or The Matrix?
Apr 27, 2016
Capitalism will destroy itself, the former Greek finance minister warns, if economic calculation excludes human needs and ignores democratic verdicts
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Video
Equity and Growth Through Knowledge Based Economies
Apr 26, 2016
Benner’s recent work with Manuel Pastor suggests the somewhat counterintuitive result that geographic regions with the most equitable distributions of wealth and influence also tend to have the highest growth.
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Article
Keynes passed away 70 years ago today – his copyright follows
Apr 21, 2016
Keynes passed away 70 years ago today, with his copyright now expiring, there is an opportunity to build a digital archive of all his work
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Article
Why Liberal Economists Dish Out Despair
Apr 20, 2016
Orthodox macroeconomics has become a place where visions die and hopes are banished, for both liberals and conservatives.
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Article
When Economists Attack
Apr 20, 2016
How Gerald Friedman’s assessment of Bernie Sanders economic proposals prompted a rare public political spat among economists.
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Article
The Road not Taken
Apr 19, 2016
Axel Leijonhufvud showed economists a promising path forward. They should have taken it. Leijonhufvud passed away on May 5, 2022
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Three Questions with Dean Corbae
Apr 19, 2016
Dean Corbae is a leader of the Markets network and Professor of Finance, Investment, and Banking at the Wisconsin School of Business, where he also holds an appointment in the Department of Economics. His current research focuses on consumer credit and bankruptcy, foreclosures, and banking industry dynamics.