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Class Divide: Same Street, Different Destinations
Oct 3, 2016
Marc Levin highlights the recent effects of hyper-gentrification in New York City’s West Chelsea, focusing on an intersection where an elite private school sits directly across the street from public housing projects.
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The Economic Legacy of Racism
Sep 28, 2016
If additional education is not the solution to racial inequality, what is?
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Understanding the Economics of Networks
Sep 7, 2016
Prof. Sanjeev Goyal explains his general theory of network formation based on individual incentives, and their economic implications
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Who Picked the Pockets of America’s Households?
Aug 24, 2016
The 2008 financial meltdown wiped out what was left of the savings of millions of American families, but Professor Edward Wolff says decades of income inequality had set the stage for the collapse of their household wealth.
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Is Technology Killing Capitalism?
Aug 17, 2016
Is Market Capitalism simply an accident of certain factors that came together in the 19th and 20th centuries? Does the innovation of economics require a new economics of innovation? Is the study of economics deeply affected by the incentive structures faced by economists themselves, necessitating a study of the “economics of economics”?
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How the FED's QE Contributed to Inequality
Aug 3, 2016
Epstein discusses financial reform, central banking, and how the FED actually contributed to economic inequality.
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Modern Monopolies
Jul 21, 2016
With the power of modern computing being harnessed into increasingly small and portable devices, what do digital platforms mean for the entrenched global economy?
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Wealth & Inequality: Back to the Future
Jun 29, 2016
What fraction of total economic growth accrues to the top 10%, top 1%, etc.? How does growth per capita of the bottom 90% compare to overall growth? Zucman discusses his research and efforts to bring more hard data into the inequality dialogue.
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Understanding China’s Cultural Revolution
Jun 22, 2016
Frank Dikötter explores previously classified Chinese leadership documents, and attempts to set the record straight.
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There Is a Way to Stop Machines From Making Americans Poorer
Jun 8, 2016
Technology will ruin America if we don’t compensate for its impact, warns Andy Stern.
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How Neoliberalism Threatens Democracy
May 25, 2016
Professor Wendy Brown engages in an in-depth exploration of the corrosive effect of approaching education, law, politics and governance through the lens of neoliberal economic rationality.
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Capitalism and the media: Can crowdfunding spare us from bad news?
May 18, 2016
Julia Cage warns that a media ravaged by market forces cannot serve democracy’s need for an informed citizenry.
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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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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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How do we prevent future financial crisis in emerging markets?
Apr 12, 2016
Should policymakers rely on domestic macroprudential regulation in their quest for greater financial stability?