How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price ...
On the bright side, maybe Democrats and Republicans will be chastened
Two contemporaries born in the 18th century provide reasons for guarded optimism about 21st-century U.S. politics. Democrats ...
The Economist1d
When will remote workers see their pay cut?
If the goal is to reduce costs, there may be a simpler way: lower pay for remote workers. A new study indicates many would ...
Yahoo Finance6d
How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
If you studied any college-level economics, you probably remember David Ricardo’s name. He was the other founder of classic economic theory, after Adam Smith, and his “comparative advantage ...
The Harvard Crimson8h
Harvard Kennedy School Inquiry Clears Ricardo Hausmann of Research Misconduct
An inquiry into plagiarism allegations against Ricardo Hausmann, a prominent political economist at the Harvard Kennedy School, concluded after determining the accusations did not meet the ...
Up from neoliberalism? A word much used but less often defined
The term appears to date back to the 1930s and American economist Henry Simons. “Neoliberalism” references exploded at the turn of the century, going from fewer than 100 mentions in academic papers in ...
Trump’s tariffs show why economics should be compulsory at school
As students across Australia head back to school, year 12 Economics students will spend their first few weeks learning about ...
Social Europe1d
Mainstream Economics: A Catalogue of Failures
In every other field of human knowledge, theories of equilibrium faded after the mid-nineteenth century, when evolution and ...