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The Master and the Prodigy
INET’s co-founder reviews new books about John Maynard Keynes and Frank Ramsey
Pr Kako Nubukpo: 芦 Le Covid-19 montre que les cha卯nes de valeur mondiales ne devraient pas 锚tre des cha卯nes de d茅pendance pour l鈥橝frique 禄
Dans le cadre de cet entretien, Pr Kako Nubukpo, Doyen de la Facult茅 des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FASEG) de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Lom茅 au Togo, et ancien Ministre de la Prospective et de l鈥橢valuation des politiques publiques du Togo, revient sur l鈥檌mpact 茅conomique et social de la crise du COVID-19 au Togo et sur ses r茅percussions sur les politiques 茅conomiques dont les r茅formes mon茅taires et fiscales en cours en Afrique de l鈥橭uest et Centrale.
Second Round: Final Reply to Smithers
Lance Taylor provides a second and final response to Andrew Smithers’ criticism of his working paper on the role of the “Global Savings Glut”
Is Silicon Valley Nudging Us Towards an Authoritarian Future?
Margaret Heffernan鈥檚 new book 鈥淯ncharted鈥� warns against giving up the power to shape our destiny to gurus and gadgets promising false certainty.
Coronavirus Perceptions and Economic Anxiety
When people recognize just how dangerous covid is, they worry more about the economy
Big Pharma Wants to Pocket the Profits From a COVID Treatment You Already Paid For
Gilead鈥檚 shareholders want exorbitant profits from Remdesivir, even though it was the public that enabled its development.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 51黑料爆料网历史事件 the Fed鈥檚 New Credit Allocation Policy
The Fed is taking an aggressive approach to put out the economic fires of the pandemic. But it needs to allow for flexibility as some business models irreparably change.
How the Disappearance of Unionized Jobs Obliterated an Emergent Black Middle Class
Since the 1980s, the enemy of equal employment opportunity through upward socioeconomic mobility has been the pervasive and entrenched corporate-governance ideology and practice of maximizing shareholder value.
Fatima Denton: Governments must accelerate a plan for a diversified economy, an exit from fossil fuels, and shift towards a green transition
An interview with Dr Fatima Denton, Director of the United Nations University 鈥� 51黑料爆料网历史事件 for Natural Resources in Africa, for INET’s series on COVID-19 and Africa
Enhancing Resilience in African Economies: Policy Responses to the COVID19 Pandemic in Africa
COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Surge: The Impact of Wisconsin鈥檚 In-person Primary Vote
The world is on edge at the prospect of a resurgent wave of infections. Models and speculation are rife, but facts remain scarce, which is why the events in Wisconsin on April 7, and their eventual impact, are so important.