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Should Political Scientists Care More About Politics?
Archon Fung
Enlarging Our Sense of the Economy
David Bollier, Jonathan Rowe
There is nothing wrong with economics, Dean Baker contends, but economists routinely ignore their own principles when it comes to economic policy. What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently?
Dean Baker
Theirs and ours.
Noam Chomsky
When it comes to health care, economists ignore their own rules.
Toward a new development economics.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
With benefits linked to work, Democrats could have argued for a much more generous safety net. But they missed the opportunity to rethink the social compact in this new moral universe.
Dalton Conley
Corruption acts like a tax, adding to the cost of providing public services and conducting business.
Benjamin A. Olken
Is it time for national health insurance?
John Geyman
If families are making more money than ever and are still in financial trouble, surely the critics are right: Americans are overborrowing. But the data tell a different story.
Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
In this classic BR forum, the chief modern proponent of UBI argues that a guaranteed basic income would secure real justice for all.
Philippe Van Parijs
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Jacob Whiton
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Alberto Toscano
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