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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

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.

The education of the next generation of economists too often ignores the real crisis we face today: climate change, inequality, and financial instability.

Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.

Swift reorganization or liquidation of insolvent businesses is the single best policy to deal with corporate debt booms.

Political economist, author, and public speaker Ann Pettifor talks about her latest book, The Case for a Green New Deal, which not only lays out the urgency for such a deal, but also proposes a roadmap for both national and global financial reform to make it possible.

An interview with John Nkengasong, Director of Africa CDC, about how a coordinated response to COVID-19 in Africa has proven to be effective

From LBJ to the present, the federal government has knowingly continued to expand the US fossil economy, not passively but as a major active player, endangering the future of young people.

A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China’s market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe.

Between a rock and a hard place

“Nobody but those top corporate executives was really paying attention to share buybacks until the middle of the last decade, when University of Massachusetts economist William Lazonick wrote an article for the Harvard Business Review documenting the surprising and depressing fact that the companies that had belonged to the Fortune 500 during the previous decade had spent so much on share buybacks and dividends that the total was either equal to or actually exceeded their profits.”

Between a rock and a hard place

We have certainly been testing the resilience of democracy, but are we paying attention to the lessons?

Paul Krugman links to INET article

An interview with the Industrial Development Advisor in the Office of the Director-General of the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC).