Tag: economics
Thomas Piketty Goes Global
Speaking in 1918, with Europe ravaged by the horrors of modern warfare and Russia in the hands of the Bolsheviks, Irving Fisher warned his colleagues at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association of “a great peril. Read full Article
Read moreWhy Economics Must Go Digital
Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and it is struggling to find practical ways to address the growing power of dominant tech companies. Read full Article
Read moreFrancisco González
In statements made from Bali, shared his view on the impact of the fourth industrial revolution and how it will be felt in the lives of people, specifically regarding employment. Read full Article
Read moreA radical idea for reducing inequality deserves more attention
RECENT decades have not been particularly good ones for those who toil on, rather than own, the means of production. Labour markets have made a slow and incomplete recovery from the trauma of the Great Recession. Read full Article
Read moreJoseph Stiglitz on artificial intelligence: ‘We’re going towards a more divided society’
The technology could vastly improve lives, the economist says – but only if the tech titans that control it are properly regulated. ‘What we have now is totally inadequate’ It must be hard for Joseph Stiglitz to remain an optimist in the face of the grim future he fears may be coming. Read full Article
Read moreFree Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try
STOCKTON, Calif. — This town in California’s Central Valley has long functioned as a display case for wrenching troubles afflicting American life: The housing bust that turned Stockton into an epicenter of a national foreclosure disaster and plunged the city into bankruptcy. Read full Article
Read moreCan Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends?
What are you doing? I don’t mean what are you doing with your life, or in general, but what are you doing right now? The answer, in one respect, is simple enough: you’re reading this magazine. Obviously. Read full Article
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