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The Economics of Care
Feb 23, 2016
Nancy Folbre is an American feminist economist who focuses on economics and the family, non-market work and the economics of care. She is Professor Emirita of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who has written extensively about the economics of care and reciprocity.
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Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crisis
Feb 16, 2016
Exploring the genesis of an important work, one that critiques mainstream neoclassical economics and offers an alternative framework for understanding modern economies.
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The Fundamental Design Flaw of the Eurozone
Feb 9, 2016
From the very start, the European Monetary Union (EMU) was set up to fail.
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Globalized Finance and the Crisis of 2008
Feb 2, 2016
The world economy is just starting to recover from the most disastrous episode in the history of financial globalisation. Understanding what happened is essential.
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Innovation and the State
Jan 26, 2016
Economic growth and rising prosperity does not happen at the moment of invention. Only an innovation policy aiming to maximise activities throughout the innovation cycle will succeed in capturing economic growth that enhance the welfare of all citizens.
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Relearning History
Jan 19, 2016
Lessons Ignored From the 1930s
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What Tax Records Can Tell Us About Gender Inequality
Jan 12, 2016
Professor Casarico explains why her focus on gender and the “glass ceiling” can help us push forward economic thinking.
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Who Stole Ireland's Pot of Gold
Dec 15, 2015
Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, discusses the Irish banking crisis.
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Invention vs Innovation
Dec 8, 2015
Innovation is not a magic pill to solve the current afflictions that ail our 21st century economy.
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Connecting American Foreign Policy to Economic Policy
Dec 7, 2015
How might a reimagined American foreign policy both bolster the domestic economy and help build a 21st-century global economy that works for everyone?
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Do Economists Understand the Economy?
Dec 1, 2015
Lance Taylor explains how missing the big picture is too common in the field.
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Inclusive Growth: Making It Happen
Nov 20, 2015
Exploring inequality, gender, and the North-South divide.
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The Global Haves And Have-Nots In The 21st Century
Nov 15, 2015
This is almost certainly the highest level of relative, and certainly absolute, global inequality at any point in human history. Is there anything we can do to reverse or mitigate this trend?
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Economic Growth, Climate Change and Environmental Limits
Nov 6, 2015
Will environmental limits, including limits on the climate system, slow or even halt economic growth? If not, how will the nature of economic growth have to shift?
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Governance in Africa
Oct 29, 2015
A combination of leeway within the government and constitutional immunity during incumbency enables office holders to abuse their budget at will, which in turn creates a crisis of growth in Africa, relative to other parts of the world.