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In the coolly analytical world of economics, how do you quantify patriotic fervor? For the man who launched the careers of generations of young Russian economists, it’s become a theoretical …
Putin Makes Economics Lessons a Loyalty Test for Young Russians Read More
GREG CARLOCK EXPLAINS WHY THE GREEN NEW DEAL REPRESENTS A NEW ERA OF POLITICS In September, Carlock wrote a draft of a Green New Deal long before most people had …
‘THIS CAN SERVE AS A NORTH STAR’ Read More
We know that although economic theory may be speculative, its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world—the …
The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics 50 Years On Read More
Virtually every coal power plant in Texas is leaking pollution into nearby groundwater, imperiling the environment and the health of neighboring communities, according to new data analysis released this week. …
Mass pollution at Texas coal plants poses major threat to human health and the environment Read More
The Green New Deal, which in the past month has come to define the progressive cause in Washington, exists in its most authoritative form as an eleven-page Google Doc. The …
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Allies Supplanted the Obama Generation Read More
An ambitious report on the global food system from a commission convened by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet calls for a radical change in food production—or, as one of …
Global Commission Calls for a Food Revolution to Solve World’s Climate & Nutrition Problems Read More
UN Climate Change, 15 January 2019 – The provisional program for Africa Climate Week 2019, which is being hosted from 18–22 March in Accra, Ghana, has now been published online …
Ghana to Kick-start Year of Ambition at Africa Climate Summit Read MoreFriends of the Earth is taking legal action against the government in a bid to overturn the decision to build a third runway at Heathrow. Tuesday (15th January) sees the …
Friends of the Earth in court to continue challenge against unlawful decision to build third runway at Heathrow Read More
Privatisation, market choice, outsourcing: these are the watchwords that have shaped policy in numerous democratic states in the last generation. These were claimed to provide more efficient services so we …
The Foundational Economy Read More
Lapoa village: some Balinese houses retain their unique, temple-like front. The cool of collaboration or the heat of conflict – what determines the outcome in commons sharing? Rahma Ma’mun takes …
Hot water – a tale of two villages Read More