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BeijingActivity in Chinese manufacturing and services simultaneously contracted in March for the first time since the height of the country’s Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, adding to the urgency for more policy intervention to stabilize the …
China’s economy hit by double whammy in March Read More
A popular UK news website has launched an internal review over its decision to run a flattering anonymous article about BP’s investment in a Russian state-owned oil firm. The website, …
Why did a popular UK news site run anonymous propaganda about Russian oil? Read More
Verity delves into the environmental economics undergrowth. Our peaceful piece of suburbia is feeling particularly tame at the moment. A far cry from the perilous encounters to be had in …
The nature of the beast Read More
Control of land has been a key driver of wealth, power and conflict for most of human history. The industrial revolution changed all that as power shifted from landowners to …
Ground control Read MoreThe Mint: Good afternoon, Joris, and thank you very much for joining The Mint to talk about your new book, Economy Studies. Joris Tieleman: Henry, thanks for inviting me. Good …
Step one – interview transcript Read More
Joris Tieleman and Sam de Muijnck, relatively veteran Rethinking Economics activists, have just produced a guide to economics curriculum design: Economy Studies: A Guide to Rethinking Economics Education. The Mint …
Step one Read More
Rick Rowden offers a trio of measures to overhaul a creaking global financial system Thanks to the historically ambitious scale of their fiscal and monetary policies, most of the rich …
Three steps out of a fix Read More
Could private funding actually benefit nature? Henry Leveson-Gower proposes a cooperative approach. Since the 80s environmental economists have been putting monetary values on nature so they get “counted”. Now they …
Having it all Read More
Review by Guy Dauncey of Economics and the Left: Interviews with Progressive Economists, edited by C.J. Polychroniou (2021). As we begin 2022, way too many people are looking at the …
Left wanting Read MoreThe Mint: Brilliant. Good day, Douglas. And thank you very much for giving us some time at The Mint to talk about your work. Douglas Eger: Well, very happy to …
A new class act – interview transcript Read More