Trump Versus Biden: The Substantial Fall in Real Wages for Most Workers Under Biden
An important new paper contradicts Democratic pundits, showing that most workers lost in real wage terms under Biden
Read more...An important new paper contradicts Democratic pundits, showing that most workers lost in real wage terms under Biden
Read more...New desperate ideas to fix chronic US trade imbalances, like capital controls, are getting a hearing.
Read more...The high cost and risks of the Biden Administration commitment to pursue forever wars with Russia and China.
Read more...A dour IMF forecast bodes ill for developing economies and provides more confirmation of crises in the offing.
Read more...Western measures against Russia and China measures have affected global trade. But what of actual winners and losers?
Read more...On the baby bust/falling birthrates freakout.
Read more...Quelle surprise! Regimes facing elections often goose their economies, leading to currency appreciation pre-vote and devaluations afterwards.
Read more...There is perilous little that is novel in modern finance. Our offshore, as in tax havens, have analogues in the ancient world.
Read more...How trade liberalization cut Africa’s modest production capacities, industry and food security.
Read more...A discussion of how the rich got to be that way and why their justifications for their advantaged status don’t stand up to much scrutiny.
Read more...Europe leaders and experts are spooked by what Covid and Ukraine war, erm, energy actions have done to their supply sources. What to do?
Read more...Why peak oil, like Godot, keeps not arriving.
Read more...Industrial farming, with its international trade and specialization, has disturbed the nitrogen cycle, undermining the feeding of the world.
Read more...Which Industries Lost Jobs, Which Gained Jobs: Longer-Term Employment Trends in Charts
Read more...An assessment of how far BRICS has gotten in creating new monetary arrangements and institutions. The short version is “not very”.
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