Finance

Does the COVID recession still have the potential to turn into a broader financial meltdown?

Is r/wallstreetbets really leading a financial revolution?

George Soros’ latest op-ed in the Project Syndicate reasserts his view how perpetual bonds could help the European Union overcome its deadlock on fiscal spending.

What are the 100 most pertinent economic questions facing our global societ?

What is the current situation in credit markets? Will an overhang of debt on corporate balance sheets slow down the recovery from the COVID recession and be a drag on investment going forward? Does the COVID recession still have the potential to turn into a broader financial meltdown?

Like master illusionists, bank accountants conceal losses from federal regulators, putting the whole economy at risk

The study seeks to explain why the instruments of central banking inevitably break down over time.

Despite post-2008 regulations, the boom-bust credit cycle continues to run wild

Despite post-2008 regulations, the boom-bust credit cycle continues to run wild

How and Why Bankers Still Enjoy a Global Rescue Network

A look at Dodd-Frank’s impact

As protests erupt on the streets of America and the world, current power structures no longer feel tenable. Can this popular uprising break the neoliberal grip on the state and create lasting structural change that will empower the disenfranchised?

We find empirical evidence that changes in market sentiment drive unforeseeable change in how stock returns unfold over time, thereby engendering Knightian uncertainty.

We reveal a novel channel through which market participants’ sentiment influences how they forecast stock returns: their optimism (pessimism) affects the weights they assign to fundamentals.

What ails the EU Green Deal is exactly what troubles the Union in general — an absence of social democracy at work