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Webinars and Events
The Paralysis From Above: COP26 and Beyond for the Developing World
WebinarDec 1, 2021
For several weeks, representatives of governments across the globe gathered in Glasgow to discuss plans for climate mitigation and adaptation. But the meetings were dominated by representatives of the world’s most advanced economies, often to the detriment of the places where the majority of the world’s population lives: the developing world.
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Article
Warning: COVID-Fueled Mental Health Crisis Will Be a Costly Second Pandemic
Nov 30, 2021
It’s time to prioritize mental well-being to avoid far-reaching economic and social consequences.
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Article
The Pandemic Triggered the Questioning of Current Governance Systems in Africa
Nov 30, 2021
An interview with Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
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Video
Innovation in the Service of Society
Nov 24, 2021
How innovation ought to be guided if it is to be successful in addressing our most pressing problems.
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Article
Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame
Nov 18, 2021
Economists Claudia Sahm, Servaas Storm, and Pia Malaney share their views on the problem that has everyone freaking out. Here’s what it all means for your pocketbook – and your democracy.
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Webinars and Events
Young Scholars Initiative Early Career Days
ConferenceNov 18–20, 2021
publishing • the job market • writing • teaching • mental health • work-life balance
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Article
2020’s Knife Edge Election: An Analysis
Nov 16, 2021
Covid and BLM protests were key to Biden’s victory
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesThe Knife Edge Election of 2020: American Politics Between Washington, Kabul, and Weimar
Nov 2021
Covid and BLM protests were key to Biden’s victory
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Article
Why Mislead Readers about Milton Friedman and Segregation?
Nov 15, 2021
The curious case of the Wall Street Journal article on Virginia and school vouchers
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Article
Trade and Development Backstory: The Struggle Over the UNCTAD 15 Mandate
Nov 10, 2021
Governments and civil society organizations must work together with UNCTAD to provide developing countries the tools — and the transformed governance regimes — they need to “build back better” through these challenging and difficult times.
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Video
Can Markets Save the Planet?
Nov 10, 2021
Graciela Chichilnisky has a plan to do exactly that.
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Article
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
Nov 5, 2021
Economic journalist Martin Wolf’s address to the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University’s 20th anniversary conference, Economic Policy and Economic Theory for the Future
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Article
Economist Betsey Stevenson: Dads Seeking Time With Kids Will Drive Workplace Change
Nov 5, 2021
In a trend that has surprised social scientists, fathers are seeking better work/life balance and rejecting their pre-pandemic status as secondary parents – a movement that’s good for moms, too.
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Video
A New Vision for Economics Education
Nov 5, 2021
The education of the next generation of economists too often ignores the real crisis we face today: climate change, inequality, and financial instability.
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Article
Halloween Is Over - Are Corporate Zombies Still Out There?
Nov 4, 2021
Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.