Archive

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Are existing institutions up to the task? Is the nation-state an obstacle, and if so how do we overcome it? What would alternatives look like, and how would we realize them?

What, if anything, can economics contribute to addressing the climate crisis? What role can or should markets and incentives play, and how?

Please join us for discussions at the end of each day.

Scientists have been sounding the alarm for decades about the severe global impact that rising temperatures will have on the environment, economies, health outcomes, and ultimately humanity’s long-term survival. Yet little has been done.

Evidence from Survey Data of Inflation Forecasts

Geoff Mann, professor of geography at Simon Fraser University and co-author of the book, Climate Leviathan, discusses the authoritarian dangers ahead, as the world tried to cope with climate change, and how all institutions, including central banking, need to evolve so they address the problem adequately.

The economy is not gender neutral, but actually relies on gender imbalances to function and grow.

Going Down the Rabbit Hole at Jackson Hole

On deregulation and Covid masks, libertarians are loud. On female liberty, deafening silence.

“School choice” aimed to block the choice of equal, integrated education for Black families

Adam Tooze discusses his new book with Rob Johnson

Gisele Huff, education policy specialist and president of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, along with john a. powell, director of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, talk about the motivations and process behind the soon-to-be-released report, “Convening on Automation, Opportunity, and Belonging: Vision and Foundations for a Better Society.”

Economics has many flaws, yet few are as broadly oppressive as its illusions about gender.