What in the Heck Is “Money Printing,” Anyway?
People — especially economists — use this term every which way from Sunday.
Steve Roth
The Science of Flow Says Extreme Inequality Causes Economic Collapse
Circulation represents the lifeblood of all flow-systems, be they economies, ecosystems, or living organisms.
Sally Goerner
Business School’s Worst Idea: Why the “Maximize Shareholder Value” Theory Is Bogus
Short-termism, underinvestment, and a preoccupation with image management.
Yves Smith
It’s Time for New Economic Thinking Based on the Best Science Available, Not Ideology
A new narrative for a complex age
Eric Beinhocker
The Science Is In: Greater Equality Makes Societies Healthier and Richer
What matters is where we stand in relation to others in our own society.
Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
What Is Radical Economics? (Hint: It’s Not Neoliberal or Marxist)
Transformation doesn’t require an alternative “social economy,” because the economy we have is already social. We just need to recognize and act on that fact.
Julie Nelson
How Science Can Decode the Laws of History and Predict US Political Violence
Revolution and war: is it all just a little bit of history repeating?
Peter Turchin
Why the Pursuit of Shareholder Value Kills Innovation
Is innovation against the interests of the shareholder-owned firm?
Chris Dillow
Rapid Money Supply Growth Does Not Cause Inflation
Neither do rapid growth in government debt, declining interest rates, or rapid Increases in a central bank’s balance sheet
Richard Vague
Solving the Crisis of Extractive Capitalism
A new post-capitalist ecosystem of value creation
Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis
How to Solve the Trump-Brexit Syndrome: Fix Economics
Why policymakers need to engage in a fundamental rethinking of capitalism.
Michael Jacobs, Mariana Mazzucato
Beyond Bitcoin
Is Bitcoin a misguided information technology tool here to create more problems than it solves?
Vasilis Kostakis, Chris Giotitsas
How Do Americans Get Rich? (And Stay Rich?)
Income inequality is rampant, and rising. But it’s not even close to the whole story.
Steve Roth
The Real “Takers” in America: The Unproductive, Rent-Extracting Rich
Productive Americans of center, left and right, unite!
Michael Lind
The Basic Income and Job Guarantee are Complementary, not Opposing Policies
Let’s see what happens when everyone has some cash on hand
Brad Voracek
How New Keynesian Economics Betrays Keynes
Classicals, Keynesians, and Bastard Keynesians
Roger Farmer
David Brin: The Ultimate Answer to “Government is Useless”
Does government-funded science play a role in stimulating innovation?
David Brin
Is a Big Change Underway in Global Capitalism?
An interview with prominent short-seller Jim Chanos
Lynn Parramore
Tyler Cowen and Joseph Henrich Talk Economics, Big Brains, Cultural Evolution, and WEIRD People
How culture Is driving human evolution, domesticating our species, and making us smarter
Tyler Cowen
Why Central Banks Should Offer Bank Accounts to Everyone
Central banking disrupted for the 21st century
Nicholas Gruen
Can We Fix Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Brexit?
Fixing markets isn’t enough. We have to actively shape and create them.
Lynn Parramore
Economist Julie Nelson Says Much of Economics is a Sham Science
We undermine our survival if we continue to imagine economics as a ethics-free and care-free sphere
Julie Nelson
Why Economists Don’t Know How to Think About Wealth (or Profits)
Until 2006, they quite literally weren’t playing with a full (accounting) deck. Most still aren’t.
Steve Roth
How to Pay for Universal Basic Income
Universal income can come from universal assets
James K. Boyce, Peter Barnes
The Trump Tax Cut versus Universal Basic Income
UBI solves the fundamental problem of modern capitalism, lack of demand
Tom Streithorst
It Takes a Village of Media, Business, Policy, and Academic Experts to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System
A mix of distorted incentives, ignorance, confusion, and lack of accountability maintain a dangerous financial system
Anat Admati
Why the Invisible Hand from Biology is Better Than the Invisible Hand from Economics
The notion that economics and business are all about competition and self-interest is alluring but wrong
Mark van Vugt
Why Mainstream Economists Are Responsible for Electing Donald Trump
Mainstream economists, globalization, and Trump
David F. Ruccio
Why Laissez-Faire Lovers Are the Real Anti-Capitalists
Time to resurrect an old idea: economic rent
Dustin Mineau
Finance Is Not the Economy
An economy based increasingly on rent extraction by the few and debt buildup by the many is a feudal model
Dirk Bezemer, Michael Hudson
