The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
17 articles
Ukraine: What Will Be Done and What Should Be Done?
By Thomas Palley Reposted from the author's blog, Economics for Democratic and Open Societies. The inevitable has happened.
Federal Reserve Insider Dealing? R.I.P. Central Bank Independence
By Thomas Palley From the author's blog, Economics for Democratic and Open Societies. Federal Reserve Vice-Chair Richard
Preparations for the “Next Afghanistan” Have Already Begun
Now that the twenty year-long US military expedition to Afghanistan has ended in catastrophe, the US Neocon establishment has
Bernie Sanders: Nothing to Fear Except Fear Itself
By Thomas Palley Cross posted at the author's website. “The only thing we have to fear is fear
Brazil Is Falling Under an Evil Political Spell
By Thomas Palley Brazil is falling under an evil political spell. The leading candidate in the presidential election is Jair
Is The US Hypocritical To Criticize Russian Election Meddling?
Cross-posted at Social Europe. Thomas Carothers has recently written an article in Foreign Affairs, the prestigious elite journal published
Re-theorizing the Welfare State and the Political Economy of Neoliberalism’s War Against It
This paper argues neoliberalism is engaged in a war against the welfare state. At issue are competing views regarding the
Thomas Palley: The General Theory at 80
Frequent D&S blog contributor Thomas Palley has a new paper out, "The General Theory at 80: Reflections
Trump and the Neocons: Doing the Unilateralist Waltz
By Thomas Palley Re-posted, with permission, from The Globalist and ThomasPalley.com. Donald Trump’s first one hundred days
The Federal Reserve Raising Interest Rates Is Unwelcome and Unnecessary
By Thomas Palley Cross-posted from the AFL-CIO economy blog. Wednesday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise
An Undergraduate’s Question about Economic Policy
By Thomas Palley Cross-posted from the author's blog. Note: for a primer on neoliberalism, see our two-
The Federal Reserve Must Rethink How It Tightens Monetary Policy
By Thomas Palley Cross-posted at the author's website, thomaspalley.com. After more than 7 years of economic