Economics
J. W. Mason – Actual Intelligence
The lesson we should be taking from LLMs is the immense social value there is in having all kinds of material – all kinds of products of human intellectual labor – freely available online J. […]
J. W. Mason
Economics
J. W. Mason – Taking Money Seriously
Recognizing that money is its own domain allows us to see productive activity as an open-ended historical process, rather than a static problem of allocation J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John […]
Economics
J. W. Mason – Taking Money Seriously
A long read but very perceptive on the relationship between money and material things, focusing on the role of interest rates. J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University […]
Geopolitics
J. W. Mason – Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) Statement on Gaza
This is not the sort of thing one expects of economists, but these are challenging times when everyone needs to stand up and be counted J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John […]
Economics
J. W. Mason – In Praise of Profiteering
Of the usefulness of the concept, that is J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute Cross-posted from Josh’s […]
Economics
J.W. Mason – Don’t Thank the Fed for Falling Inflation
Inflation is falling in the US, but as the Fed refused to recognise the real causes its policies did not turn the tide. J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, […]
Economics
J. W. Mason – Who Is Winning the Inflation Debate?
There has been much debate about the cause of inflation. The ruling class says it is greedy workers, a number of progressive economists say it is greedy corporations. The latter appear to be right. J. […]
Climate Crisis
J. W. Mason – Varieties of Industrial Policy
Why people who have broadly similar politics and analysis can have very different feelings about the Inflation Reduction Act and similar measures elsewhere J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, […]
Climate Crisis
J. W. Mason – Yes, We Should Support Industrial Policy and the Green New Deal
The capitalist system may be turbulent, inequitable, and antisocial. But there is no “iron law” of capital standing in the way of a program of economic planning for sake of the climate. J. W. Mason […]
Climate Crisis
J. W. Mason – Inflation, Interest Rates and the Fed
How to stop inflation and solve o´a number of other problems without raising interest rates. J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and a Fellow […]