Sometimes, simple stupidity is the best explanation for how our leaders made that last decision. Here are some examples; Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch Photograph Source: The […]
The war in Ukraine has severely limited the ability to gather statistical information and assess the impact on the country’s economy. This column uses high-frequency data from night lights, online search behaviour, and social media activity […]
The Middle East, especially the Gulf region, is vital for the current global economic order and is equally critical for any future reshaping of that order. Moscow is on the case. Ramzy Baroud is a […]
In economic analysis, preferences are usually assumed to be fixed. This article analyses the impacts of climate mitigation policies when preferences can change. It argues that carbon taxes can change climate preferences by affecting social […]
The UK’s aviation sector has failed to get a grip on its soaring emissions. With the government’s Jet Zero strategy around the corner, demand reduction policies may now be necessary. Read here
A think-piece after a riotous Whitsun weekend. Social credit and the digital central bank money are tools of technocratic social engineers. They want to turn societies into social mega-machines. To prevent this, it is not […]
Author and law professor Maurice Stucke explains why the practices of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are so dangerous and what’s really required to rein them in. Hint: Current proposals are unlikely to work. Maurice […]
Attempts to phase out coal have faltered amid fears that the transition to renewable energy would be too costly. By comparing the present value of avoided emissions with the present costs of replacing coal with […]
Julian Assange, the founder and publisher of WikiLeaks, who is languishing in a high-security London prison awaiting a ruling to determine whether he will be extradited to the US to ultimately spend the rest of […]
Keynes promised shorter working hours and greater prosperity by now. As remote as it sounds, that vision is still possible. Jan Behringer is a unit head at the Macroeconomic Policy Institute in Düsseldorf, Martin Gonzalez […]
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