Tag: economics

• Billionaires vs. Poverty: Behind a Push to Use Data to Boost Economic Opportunity in Cities

  November 23, 2018

  Billionaires vs. Poverty: Behind a Push to Use Data to Boost Economic Opportunity in Cities The philanthropies of several of the country’s wealthiest people are teaming up to push cities… more ›

• The Land That Failed to Fail

  November 19, 2018

  The Land That Failed to Fail The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-rules.html more ›

• Lions on the move II: Realizing the potential of Africa’s economies

  November 18, 2018

  Lions on the move II: Realizing the potential of Africa’s economies Africa’s economic fundamentals remain strong, but governments and companies will need to work even harder to keep the region’s… more ›

• The Secret of Eternal Growth

  November 4, 2018

  The Secret of Eternal Growth It is an article of faith for the anti-capitalist, anti-trade left that endless economic growth is impossible on a finite planet. The sooner it can… more ›

• Globalization Is Not in Retreat

  June 3, 2018

  Globalization Is Not in Retreat » By many standard measures, globalization is in retreat. The 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing recession brought an end to three decades of rapid… more ›

• The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy

  May 19, 2018

  The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy » The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem. For about a week… more ›

• The End of Ownership

  November 23, 2017

  The End of Ownership » Anyone who plays MapleStory—an online multiplayer game created by South Korean developer Wizet—soon learns to loathe what gamers call “looting. more ›

• The Amazing Arab Scholar Who Beat Adam Smith by…

  June 17, 2017

  The Amazing Arab Scholar Who Beat Adam Smith by Half a Millennium » In one of the most seminal works in the field of history of economic thought (History of… more ›