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Michalis Nikiforos, Simon Grothe, and Servaas Storm criticize Marc Lavoie’s recent take on the current inflation debate. Marc Lavoie responds.

Besides changes in institutions and social norms, other phenomena could explain a rise in the profit share.

To what extent is profit-led inflation compatible with what we know about the price-setting behavior of firms and income distribution?

The wage effect of hostile working conditions, mainly in terms of sexual harassment risk in the workplace, should be considered and monitored as a first critical step in making women less vulnerable at work and increasing their bargaining power.

Changes to deeply entrenched systems of unequal gender power dynamics, roles and relations, underpinned by patriarchal values, are part of an effective response to the prevention of sexual harassment and its economic consequences.

In her new book “Naked Feminism,” Victoria Bateman explains how economic conditions drive restrictions on women’s bodily freedom and why that freedom is critical to economic prosperity.

Sandra Navidi shares some of the lessons from her books, and what can be done today for a better tomorrow.

What is the real reason Democratic party leaders go along with the debt ceiling ritual?

Why do economists avoid ethics, and over-simplify harm?

Using computational linguistics to estimate firm-level cyber risk exposure based on quarterly earnings conference calls.

Does cyber risk exposure, as opposed to actual incidents, affect firm outcomes?

In honor of the just-announced Nobel Prize in Economics for Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson, we re-post an Economics and Beyond podcast episode from last year, featuring Johnson, discussing Johnson and Acemoglu’s latest book, Power and Progress.

Revenues to GB electricity generators in 2022 increased by almost £30bn, compared to pre-COVID levels.

Dennis Kelleher, co-founder of Washington DC-based financial watchdog Better Markets, explains how Main Street gets hurt by the ongoing banking turmoil and why crypto is the last place anybody should be running to for safety.

What’s really causing inequality in opportunities and outcomes for kids?