Brexit: More on the UK’s Weak Hand
Yet more debunking of pro-Brexit fantasies.
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NAFTA in Play: How President Trump Could Reshape Trade in North America
Some likely scenarios for US negotiations over NAFTA, and what they would mean for the US, Mexico, and Canada.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 2)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 1)
Amazon warehouse workers describe the future of non-elite work in the 21st century.
Read more...Neoliberalism Was Supposed to Make Us Richer: Three Reasons Why It Didn’t
How neoliberalism contributed to the productivity slowdown
Read more...Understanding the Long-Run Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades
Looking at some of the lasting damage done by the slave trade, such as higher incidence of HIV.
Read more...Free Trade vs Protectionism: Weapon of Mass Distraction
A historical take on the push and pull over “free trade”.
Read more...Understanding the Global Role of the US Economy
Investigating the spillover channels linking the US and the global economy.
Read more...Can Europe Be Saved from Populism?
Two economists offer recommendations on how to defend Europe from an upsurge of populism. Unfortunately, their ideas give cause for pause.
Read more...It’s Time To Put Food Policy Back On The Table
The agri-industrial model of huge-scale, corporate-run operations vs. the agri-cultural model community-based family farming
Read more...The Opioid Epidemic and the Face of Long-Term Unemployment
The role the opioid epidemic plays in long-term unemployment.
Read more...Globalisation and Economic Nationalism
An in-depth data analysis shows a strong correlation between exposure to competition from imports and a rise in right-wing nationalism.
Read more...Grantham: ‘Twas Capitalism That Killed Capitalism
How capitalism became disconnected from social good, leading to hope for a “strong leader” will take on the rich and powerful.
Read more...No, Trump Isn’t Imploding — But the Opposition Is Broad and Intense
A look beyond the headline noise to gauge how Trump is faring with the public
Read more...In California Farm Country, Trump’s Deportation Threat Looms Large
A closer look at America’s dependence on de facto sanctioned but nevertheless illegal farm workers,
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