Why Stocks are blasting high as coronavirus cases increase, at least 20 million remain unemployed, and the US sinks into a historic recession
2 min read Economist and Professor Jonathan T. Fluharty-Jaidee addresses the paradox
Coronavirus provides an opportunity to establish a four-day work week
4 min read Karen Foster, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, makes the case for a four-day work week
Globalization, Past and Future
2 min read A brief though important review by Diane Coyle, Economist and Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge
In Defense of the Federal Reserve’s Bailout
6 min read While he opposed the 2008 Bailout, Dean Baker, Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C., argues that the current one was necessary
Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist (Book Review)
7 min read The Economist Magazine (UK) has been around for nearly 2 centuries. In this review, Jenny McArthur, Lecturer at the University College London, offers some insightful commentary on a recently published book about the publication
On our way to a Coronavirus Great Depression (Essay)
14 min read Former Wall Street executive and author Nomi Prins analyzes the current state of the American economy
Economic Life In the Real World: Logic, Emotion and Ethics (Book Review)
2 min read "I learned a lot about anthropology from this book, including how much anthropologists disdain economics (I fear we return indifference, on the whole)," writes Diane Coyle, Economist and Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge
Concerned that China’s trying to “Steal” a Vaccine? There’s a simple solution: Make it Free
6 min read "...it is not clear why those of us who don’t either own large amounts of stock in drug companies or give a damn about Donald Trump’s ego, should be upset about the prospect of China “stealing” a vaccine," writes Dean Baker, Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C.
As the 22nd United States Secretary of Labor, here’s who I blame for the unnecessary COVID-19 deaths
3 min read Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor (former) in the Clinton administration, University of California, blames more than just Trump for the current crisis