With equity markets reaching new heights at a time of rising income and wealth inequality, it should be obvious that todays market mania will end in tears, reproducing the economic injustices of the 2008 crash...
detailsDonald Trump managed to receive 74 million votes despite countless failures for the simple reason that he presided over three years of a high-pressure economy ...
detailsEven if a successful rollout of a new COVID-19 vaccine causes the current health crisis to recede by next spring, the unemployment crisis will remain. That is especially true in the United Kingdom...
detailsEmerging markets and developing economies grew consistently in the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, allowing for much-needed gains
detailsCapitalism is in crisis. The pandemic could change it forever, in favor of workers and those in greatest need.
detailsIf Japans new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, wants to emerge from the shadow cast by his predecessor, he will need to devise a compelling message
detailsAlthough robots that can perform human labor will put downward pressure on wages in the short term, they also will increase the rate of profit, encouraging more investment and a recovery in the wage rate....
detailsFinding the right balance for your personal and professional life requires conscious planning, ample reflection and proper communication.
detailsGovernments, and ultimately people, can reverse the alarming trends of 2019. But 2020 will be another year of living dangerously if short-term policies continue to be pursued at the expense of long-term vision.
detailsFinancial institutions must address the issue of technological sustainability, especially with regard to data, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
detailsHigher nominal wages for low-paid workers can boost real earnings, increase consumer spending, and help make housing more affordable.
detailsAfter centuries of industrialism, we are now on the cusp of a technological revolution that has the potential to abolish all necessary work, giving rise to societies built around leisure and a classical ideal of freedom. The biggest hurdle to realizing su
detailsn our efficiency-obsessed society, new technologies are deployed with the single-minded objective of boosting productivity and eliminating the need for human labor
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