Keynes and the creation of a new economic narrative - Editor The following recent (and lightly edited) commentary by Martin Threedman [1] appeared as a Facebook entry: An interesting article by George Monbiot [2], discusses how the post WWII Restoration Story narratives of Keynesianism and … [Read more...]
Big banks financing environmental disasters
Big banks financing environmental disasters - Editor The New Economy Coalition has drawn our attention to a meeting held in late October of more than 90 of the world's largest banks in Brazil to recommit to the Equator Principles, a set of rules guiding which big infrastructure projects they will … [Read more...]
A conversation about job guarantees
A conversation about job guarantees - Steven Hail The following is an email conversation that I had with a journalist (hence the lack of acknowledgements and references), with a couple of quotes added. Q: Can you explain the concept of a job guarantee program? SH: A job guarantee involves … [Read more...]
Water, health and wealth
Water, health and wealth - Editor Summary of: NBER Working Paper 23807, authored by Nava Ashraf, Edward Glaeser, Abraham Holland and Bryce Millett Steinberg Providing a supply of clean water requires attending to the costs of the ongoing maintenance as well as the initial pipeline … [Read more...]
