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The advent of military Keynesianism is a warning against complacency about the moral superiority of the West in defending Ukrainian democracy.

A Bank for International Settlements study says 60+ trillion dollars of off-the-books currency swaps could be a profound, systematic risk. Robert Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.

Setting the record straight and identifying less destructive pathways forward than round after round of interest rate increases.

A critical reappraisal of the case in favor of monetary tightening pressed by inflation hawks is overdue.

Will Milberg discusses the unique history of The New School for Social Research, and why its traditions are particularly relevant today.

Salaries in the U.S. aren’t keeping up with inflation, despite pandemic-related increases in some sectors. That’s a major threat to the future for all working Americans – especially the youngest.

As 2022 comes to a close, panelists discuss the immediate prospects for the global economy, the dangers of a lost decade for developing countries and what needs to be done to put the SDGs back on track.

How Showering Money on Both Parties Paralyzed Regulators

Despite the accumulation of serious and unsolvable problems, the Consumer Welfare Standard survives and continues to be taught to students for reasons unrelated to theoretical consistency and empirical confirmation.

Entretien avec Gilles Yabi, directeur exécutif du Think Tank ouest-africain WATHI, sur la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique

The Consumer Welfare Standard is severely limited or defective, preventing it from being an appropriate standard for modern antitrust.

An interview with Gilles Yabi, executive director of the West African Think Tank WATHI, on food security in Africa

Evidence sharply contradicts PhRMA’s contention that its member companies need unregulated drug prices to generate profits that they then reinvest in drug innovation.

Emerging out of the COVID lockdown, inflation in the U.S. and globally has risen to the highest levels in 40 years. On December 2-3, PERI will host a conference to explore the causes of this global inflation spike. Conference participants will also provide critical perspectives on the austerity macroeconomic policies being implemented globally to control inflation and will propose alternative policies capable of managing inflation without imposing austerity and rising mass unemployment.

A Novel Account of Inflation Forecasts