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 […]
Peter Bofinger presents a “10 Best of” Mankiw list, pointing out egregious errors and misleading claims contained in Mankow’s ubiquitous textbooks. Peter Bofinger is Professor for Monetary and International Economics at Würzburg University Crossed posted […]
On November 26th, Yanis Varoufakis appeared on The Jolly Swagman Podcast. For all of us economics nerds, this is the best Christmas present one could ask for. What threw me off my chair was Varoufakis’ opinion on “degrowth.” As a […]
The EU has a long history of breaking laws and rules. Germany is always at the forefront. But as Trump, and Merkel without the theatrical element, have proven, hegemons make and break the rules and […]
For corporations profit takes priority over everything else, the environment, health, public services, and democracy itself. They are programmed to destroy us. Thomas Klikauer teaches MBAs at the Sydney Graduate School of Management, Western Sydney […]
Your weekend read – an examination of Michael Heinrich’s ambitious and comprehensive portrait of an extraordinary young man Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The […]
The free market? Let us count the public money behind its vaccine. Marshall Auerback is a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, a fellow of Economists for Peace and Security Cross-posted from […]
No, unemployment and lower wages are neither normal nor good news as neo-liberal economists claim Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of “flassbeck economics international” Cross-posted from Makroskop Translated and edited […]
Proposition 22 in California makes Trump seem an avid democrat. This was plutocracy in action. Interview by Ben Wray This series of articles concerning the Gig Economy in the EU was made possible thanks to […]
It is tempting for reformers to adopt the language of national security in pursuit of policies that would help protect the interests of popular constituencies. But we should be wary that we don’t operate in […]
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