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Economists have suggested several competing theories to explain the phenomenon of the declining wage share, as it has been falling globally for several decades. In the case of the US,
The rising interest in Basic Income, and its being put on the political agenda in countries ranging from Canada to South Africa to to Finland, is driven by a number
After the 2009 recession, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman wrote a New York Times article entitled “How did economists get it so wrong?” wondering why economics has such a blind
French geopolitics in Africa is interested in natural resources. Initially, the franc zone was set as a colonial monetary system by issuing currency in the colonies because France wanted to avoid transporting cash.
By Daniel Olah and Viktor Varpalotai. An old myth Moderate labor costs serve as the basis for the international economic success of a country – this has been the approach favored by
Book Review: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of The Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America How did a network of libertarian influencers mobilize ideas and resources to restructure American
How we interpret the “ultimatum game” suggests that it is. By Alexander Beunder. It’s always an illuminating experience to discuss economic literature with non-economists, as these conversations often reveal the many
Against the backdrop of a society that rarely questions the perceived superiority of “market-based” solutions, Michael Sandel skillfully explores the intersection between markets and morality. In a six-part video series,
By Raghunath Nageswaran. If economic exchange determined by the market forces of demand and supply provided the right incentives for production, how should the exercise of measuring the economy and its
By Justin R. Harbour, ALM In a recent Financial Times article, Martin Sandbu identifies three major economic failures of competitive capitalism in the West: growing inequality; the disproportionate effects of
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