After a year of death, despair, and deep uncertainty, there are glimmers of light on the horizon. Not only is responsible leadership returning to the United States, but there is...
messages.detailsCapitalism is in crisis. The pandemic could change it forever, in favor of workers and those in greatest need.
messages.detailsThe pandemic made a global economic slowdown much worse. Maybe its time to rethink a system based on endless growth.
messages.detailsSkewed public-private relationships, like pharmaceutical companies getting millions from taxpayers then overcharging for drugs, are just one part of the problem.
messages.detailsAlthough it can be politically expedient to draw a thick line between capitalist decentralization and socialist central planning, the truth is that these two systems have converged on many occasions...
messages.detailsLife is not the Olympics, where talent and training determine an athlete’s performance. It’s more like a Roman arena in which well-armed gladiators vanquish unarmed ...
messages.detailsThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many flaws in advanced economies, not least the fact that inequality can be deadly. The case for giving all citizens a capital endowment – reflecting both their inalienable dignity and society’s return on its public inves
messages.detailsWhile many recent proposals for reforming capitalism would substantially change the way our economies operate, they do not fundamentally alter the narrative about how market economies should work; nor do they represent a radical departure for economic pol
messages.detailsAfter the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Now that an even more severe crisis is under
messages.detailsWith politicians proposing policies that would vastly expand the size of the government and its involvement in the economy, it is clear that too many Americans have forgotten the lessons of the twentieth century. As Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman poi
messages.detailsWhat kind of capitalism do we want? That may be the defining question of our era. If we want to sustain our economic system for future generations, we must answer it correctly.
messages.detailsHigher nominal wages for low-paid workers can boost real earnings, increase consumer spending, and help make housing more affordable.
messages.detailsFor 40 years, elites in rich and poor countries alike promised that neoliberal policies would lead to faster economic growth, and that the benefits would trickle down so that everyone
messages.detailsTo many in China, this years Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences seems to have shone a spotlight on one area of development economics at the expense of another. While randomized controlled trials might be useful for creating or improving welfare pro
messages.detailsWe will have to wait and see whether the US Business Roundtables recent statement renouncing corporate governance based on shareholder primacy is merely a publicity stunt.
messages.detailsMarkets are mechanisms of social choice, in which dollars effectively equal votes. those with more purchasing power thus have more influence over market outcomes
messages.detailsA decade after the 2008 financial crisis, faith in markets self-regulating abilities once again lies in tatters. There simply is no single real interest rate that would spur investors to funnel all existing savings
messages.detailssuddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more
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