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The ECB’s Former Vice-President Explains The Historic Step That Europe Just Took
For years, people have identified the lack of fiscal transfers and fiscal burden sharing as one of the glaring architectural flaws of the European ec…
5 years, 7 months ago
Viktor Shvets On Why There’s No Going Back To Pre-COVID Capitalism
In light of the massive disruption to the economy, there’s a widespread view that things have been permanently altered, that fiscal policy must take …
5 years, 8 months ago
Why Investors Keep Losing Money Betting Against The Hong Kong Dollar Peg
For years, macro hedge fund managers have been stalking the Hong Kong Dollar. Since 1983, the currency has been pegged at around 7.75 per US dollar, …
5 years, 8 months ago
How They’re Really Making Money On Your Free Robinhood Trades
With so many people working at home, bored, and with no sports to bet on, there’s been an incredible explosion of retail stock market trading. One se…
5 years, 8 months ago
Introducing: Blood River
The killers of Berta Caceres had every reason to believe they’d get away with murder. More than 100 other environmental activists in Honduras had bee…
5 years, 8 months ago
How A Professional Writer Turned Herself Into A World Class Poker Player
Switching careers is always difficult. But former New Yorker staff writer Maria Konnikova did it in dramatic fashion. Konnikova decided that the best…
5 years, 8 months ago
Meet The Mayor Who Printed His Own Currency To Fight The Virus
With the virus crushing economic activity, local governments have had to cut spending and rely on Federal support in order to maintain basic services…
5 years, 8 months ago
Why Studying Keynes Is More Important Than Ever
In response to the economic crisis, governments around the world have engaged in stimulative policies that might be characterized as “Keynesian” in n…
5 years, 8 months ago
How The Government Can Guarantee Everyone A Job And Fix The Unemployment Crisis Immediately
Officially, the US unemployment rate stands at 11%. This is higher than the worst levels of the financial crisis. And there are reasons to think that…
5 years, 9 months ago
Why The World Is Getting Angrier, And What Says About The Economy
The world has gotten angrier in recent years, and the coronavirus crisis seems likely to have accelerated the trend. So what does this say about the …
5 years, 9 months ago