Corporations have stepped beyond lobbying governments. They are integrating in policy-making at the national and international levels. From agriculture to technology, decisions historically made by governments are increasingly made by secretive unaccountable bodies run by […]
The current narrative is that the pandemic is nearing its end. But what if it continues to mutate into new variants? Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research […]
At the most basic level, anyone in a policy position is almost always, by definition, on the winning side of the inequality gap. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]
Intellectual property like pharmaceutical patents is part of the story why so many people face a long wait for COVID-19 vaccines says Dean Baker discussing the high cost of policy choices that make the rich […]
With a Democrat in the White House, the season of the deficit hawk has returned. So, it’s worth going through the old arguments just to remind everyone that the best response to these people is […]
And what the progressive economists at the American Economics Association (ASSA) are thinking Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ Blog To read the first part […]
Although most have not grasped it yet, inequality is probably the greatest threat to our society and via climate change to our world. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]
The next big EU lobby battle is already underway: Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are among the companies making huge efforts to shape the upcoming Commission proposals to regulate the digital market. Read here
Milton Friedman’s doctrine, the favouring of free markets and small government, prevails today, and the resulting tendency towards corporate monopolies, despite well-meaning proposals for better “rules of the game”. Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]
Like Donald Trump, Bill Gates apparently has a hard time understanding some things. The NYT had a major article on Gate’s role in developing vaccines against the coronavirus. At one point, the piece notes critics […]
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