Archive
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Economics v. the Earth: New Book Explores the History of a Tense Relationship
Jul 6, 2023
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind reveal how centuries of belief in infinite growth on a finite planet have put us all in danger
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Video
Dependency Theory & the Decolonization of Economics
Jul 5, 2023
Rethink global economics with Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven as she delves into the Eurocentric nature of the field and the role dependency theory could play in decolonizing it.
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Central Banks, Green Finance, and the Climate Crisis
Jun 29, 2023
The tough policy choices ahead for confronting the climate crisis
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Video
Solidarity Economics
Jun 28, 2023
How do we transform societal structures and pave the way to economic democracy?
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Article
Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Speculation, and Inflation
Jun 26, 2023
The role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.
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Working Paper
Working PaperBetting on Black Gold: Oil Speculation and U.S. Inflation (2020-2022)
Jun 2023
Were the sharp increases in prices during 2020-2022 due to fundamental shifts in supply and demand or are they attributable to excessive market speculation?
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Article
ER Doctor: "Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients"
Jun 22, 2023
Dr. Ming Lin, and healthcare providers like him, are fighting to take back control of medicine from private equity firms that are gobbling up practices and facilities. Should Wall Street make life-and-death decisions based on the bottom line?
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Video
Unmasking Inflation: Why the Conventional Wisdom is Failing Us
Jun 21, 2023
Dive into the complexity of inflation and its impacts from a heterodox perspective, exploring its historical journey, social implications, and potential remedies.
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Article
Profit Inflation and Markups Once Again
Jun 15, 2023
Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion, responding to Servaas Storm
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Article
Profit Inflation Is Real
Jun 15, 2023
Inflation and corporate profits, a further discussion
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Article
How This Regional Bank Mortgage Lender Crisis is Different
Jun 12, 2023
Every banking crisis has its own overarching narratives and coincidental streams of various sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.
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Article
We Owe an Apology to Adam Smith
Jun 7, 2023
Smith did not advocate a single-minded pursuit of profit
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Video
The Debt Puzzle
Jun 7, 2023
How do governments accumulate such high levels of debt without constant major crises? Who is paying the price?
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Collection
Profit-Led Inflation and Markups: A Discussion
Michalis Nikiforos, Simon Grothe, and Servaas Storm criticize Marc Lavoie’s recent take on the current inflation debate. Marc Lavoie responds.
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Profit-Led Inflation Redefined: Response to Nikiforos and Grothe
Jun 6, 2023
Besides changes in institutions and social norms, other phenomena could explain a rise in the profit share.