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The issue of rising income inequality loomed large at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. As is well known, the United States’ economy...
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The issue of rising income inequality loomed large at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. As is well known, the United States’ economy...
Not long ago, German politicians and journalists confidently declared that the euro crisis was over; Germany and the European Union, they believed, had weathered...
Although the European Central Bank has launched a larger-than-expected program of quantitative easing (QE), even its advocates fear that it may not be enough...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on a six-day tour of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine, when the Islamic State posted a video...
Throughout the world, it seems, crisis is gripping national politics. In election after election, voter turnout has hit historic lows. Politicians are universally reviled....
Predictably, the European Central Bank has joined the world’s other major monetary authorities in the greatest experiment in the history of central banking. By...
What a difference two months make. When the Republican Party scored strong gains in last November’s US congressional elections, the universally accepted explanation was...
Since the global financial crisis and recession of 2007-2009, criticism of the economics profession has intensified. The failure of all but a few...
We live in perilous times. Just as we seem to get our bearings, something happens to make us feel as if our legs...
There is much to criticize in economics nowadays. For example, the profession focuses far too little on political issues and far too much on...