Tag: economy
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The black-and-white photograph shows a man, perched on the edge of a wooden deck, looking down at two objects. At first, you can’t take in what they are. In the… more ›
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After decades of rightwing dominance, a transatlantic movement of leftwing economists is building a practical alternative to neoliberalism. By For almost half a century, something vital has been missing from… more ›
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Sometime in the last two years, American hegemony died. The age of U.S. dominance was a brief, heady era, about three decades marked by two moments, each a breakdown of… more ›
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How is it that capitalism is at once so generative, flexible, and creative, and, simultaneously, so effective at doing certain things, such as making rich people richer? I address this… more ›
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Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees of the ride-hailing company, the federal labor board’s general counsel said in an opinion released May 14th. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/14/18623467/uber-driver-freelancers-employees-federal-labor-lawyer-contractor more ›
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The world is better because industrialism made it better. The world is worse because industrialism made it worse. https://seths.blog/2019/03/embracing-externalities/ more ›
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The Big Blockchain Lie Now that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last year’s absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/blockchain-big-lie-by-nouriel-roubini-2018-10 more ›
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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 ›
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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 ›