298 Results for “COVID 19”
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Europe's New Fiscal Rules Harm Working People and Women, Boost Right-Wing Radicals
Apr 5, 2024
Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.
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Work Longer, Die Sooner! America's Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
May 8, 2024
Experts are clear that working into old age often threatens the health and well-being of U.S. seniors.
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America’s Dire Inequality Demands a New Conceptual Framework. This Economist Has One.
Sep 10, 2020
In a new book from Cambridge University Press, Lance Taylor reveals that wage repression — far more than monopoly power, offshoring or technological change — is driving rising inequality.
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Jayati Ghosh
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Podcasts
Chen Long: The Privacy Paradox
May 13, 2021
Can big data strengthen global inclusivity and trust? Information exchange has historically been the most powerful tool at humanity’s disposal, so what makes data different? Dr. Long Chen (Luohan Academy) discusses his latest report “Understanding Big Data: Data Calculus In The Digital Era” which is available for download at https://www.luohanacademy.com/researc…
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Does Nature Have Rights?
Aug 16, 2022
Ruskin scholar Jeffrey Spear, author of “Dreams of an English Eden: Ruskin and his Tradition in Social Criticism,” discusses how the insights of a key 19th-century thinker can help us build a new paradigm for protecting the planet – and save us from ourselves.
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George Akerlof: Economics’ Sins of Omission
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What Does Mustard Gas Have in Common with Crypto and Blockchain?
Nov 20, 2023
In his new book, Let Them Eat Crypto, Peter Howson cautions that the technologies are not just fraudulent but causing indefensible harm to both humanity and the planet.
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Gaurav Dalmia & Jayant Sinha
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Lynn Parramore & Jeffrey Spear
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China and the Supply Chain: A Comment on the June 2021 White House Review
Jun 23, 2021
Contrary to rhetoric from Democrats and Republicans, the U.S. has an economic interest in trade and peace with China
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The Promise and Limits of Carbon Pricing
Nov 24, 2020
Carbon pricing still has the potential to be a powerful tool contributing to emissions reductions, but it is clearly no panacea.
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Hijacked and Paying the Price - Why Ransomware Gangs Should be Designated as Terrorists
May 13, 2021
Ransomware gangs have been causing extensive damage. It’s time that the government takes them more seriously.
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Podcasts
Chong-En Bai
Jun 17, 2020
Chong-En Bai, professor of economics at Tsinghua University, talks to Rob about how the U.S. can improve global governance, and what lays ahead for China’s relationships with the U.S., Europe, and India.
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Chong-En Bai