An Irrational Choice: Behavioural Economist wins Nobel Prize
A round–up of reactions to behavioral economist Richard Thaler’s selection for the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics.
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May to Plead With Merkel as Brexit Deadlocks Domestically Too; New Data Shows UK Lacks Foreign Reserves, Meaning Even More Vulnerable to Brexit
New data showing that the UK has negative net foreign assets throws even more cold water on the idea of a Glorious Brexit.
Read more...Ilargi: The Curious Case of Missing the Market Boom
A skeptical look at a defense of stock market valuations.
Read more...World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
The World Bank manages to make the IMF look good…..
Read more...Brexit Stalls: Talks Deadlocked, Repeal Bill Postponed; Beginning of the End of No Deal Denialism?
No Brexit deal looks like the most likely outcome, as the UK side is only starting to look at how disastrous that would be.
Read more...Tim O’Reilly: It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules of Our Economy
The economy game is enormously fun for far too few players and an increasingly miserable experience for many others.
Read more...Trump Administration Picks Bizarre Fight With IMF Over Report Backing Taxing the Rich
The IMF makes a careful case for more redistribution.
Read more...The High Price of Cheap Cannabis
Big ag is moving into cannabis farming, which means less sustainable practices. Can “little pot” find a way to survive?
Read more...Catalonia’s Drive for Independence and the Emergence of Global Cities
Is competition between Barcelona and Madrid the real driver of Catalonia’s independence movement?
Read more...Brexit Becomes More Unhinged as Tory Cage Match Intensifies While May Tries (Again) to Blame EU
The latest Brexit snow job reflects the fact that the Tories are a dead party walking.
Read more...EU Dashes UK Fantasy of Talking About “Future Relationship,” Meaning Trade, Soon
Yet another Brexit fantasy bites this dust, this one the much-ballyhooed “future relationship” talks.
Read more...What Will Replace Outdated Left and Right Economic Thinking? The Commons Paradigm
Why the commons paradigm offers an important and practical lens for re-imagining politics, governance and law.
Read more...How Economists Turned Corporations into Predators
How shareholder value theory and other bad ideas created lousy incentives for corporations’ executives.
Read more...Trump Says Puerto Rico Debt Needs to be Wiped Out
Trump speaks an inconvenient truth about Puerto Rico. How long before his minders walk it back?
Read more...U.S. Shale Isn’t As Strong As It Appears
Shale production may stay in the doldrums until oil prices move higher and stay there.
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