New book: The Political Economy of Central Banking – Contested Control and the Power of Finance
by Gerald Epstein. From Edward Elgar: Central banks are among the most powerful government economic institutions in t
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Neoliberalism and the Rise of the Net Social Wage
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIcFi5hP8tQ&w=760&h=500] A new paper from PERI finds that th
Professor Noam Chomsky at UMass
Professor Noam Chomsky of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the world-renown linguist and public intellectua
Nancy Folbre & Kristin Smith on The Wages of Care: Bargaining Power, Earnings & Inequality
by Nancy Folbre & Kristin Smith From the abstract: The uneven bargaining power of both firms and workers may be cont
Gerald Epstein on The Political Economy of Trumponomics
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Trumponomics: Should We Just Say “No”?
by Gerald Epstein Trumponomics, argues this economist, may look like Reaganomics, but it is more about political powe
The Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University 2017 Leontief Prize
2017 Leontief Prize Winners: James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier Awardees to lecture on the theme: “Economics
New PERI Working Paper: Co-Operative Capitalism, Acolytes and Apostates
By Bill McColloch From the abstract: The present paper seeks to locate the Bhaduri-Marglin (B-M) model as an historica
It Pays to Be White
by Jeannette Wicks-Lim By every socioeconomic measure, there is an undeniable race-based hierarchy in the United Sta
Ilene Grabel on Capital Controls
New paper published by PERI. From the abstract: The startling resuscitation of capital controls during the global cri
Tom Palley on Inequality and Growth
New paper published by PERI. From the abstract: This paper examines the relationship between inequality and growth in
New Book: Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice – The radical potential of human rights
From Routledge. By Radhika Balakrishnan, James Heintz, & Diane Elson The dominant approach to economic policy ha
New PERI Paper by Robert Pollin et. al: The Revenue Potential of a Financial Transaction Tax for U.S. Financial Markets
By Robert Pollin, James Heintz, & Thomas Herndon From the abstract: This paper estimates the revenue potential of
Working Paper by Pollin & Wicks-Lim on Fight For $15: How the Fast-Food Industry Could Adjust Without Shedding Jobs
By Robert Pollin and Jeannette Wicks-Lim From the abstract: This paper considers the extent to which U.S. fast-food bu