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Economics

Arts in Society, Class & Inequality

The "Illth" of Nations

Enlarging Our Sense of the Economy

David Bollier, Jonathan Rowe

Class & Inequality

Taking Economics Seriously

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

Class & Inequality, Philosophy & Religion

Crisis and Hope

Theirs and ours.

Noam Chomsky

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Malpractice

When it comes to health care, economists ignore their own rules.

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality, Philosophy & Religion

Inside the Machine

Toward a new development economics.

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

Arts in Society, Class & Inequality

The Geography of Poverty

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

Class & Inequality

The Problem of Corruption

Corruption acts like a tax, adding to the cost of providing public services and conducting business.

Benjamin A. Olken

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

The Common Interest

Is it time for national health insurance?

John Geyman

Forum

What’s Hurting the Middle Class

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

Forum

A Basic Income for All

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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