Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future
Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.
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Minimum Wage, Bankers' Accountability, etc.
(1) Strange 1920s Valentines: For more like today's image, visit Retronaut (which is worth visiting anyway). I discovered
New Issue and Two Articles Posted
New issue! Our Jan/Feb issue is finally out (shipping to print subscribers now; already emailed to e-subscribers). It
Is Paul Krugman’s Liquidity Trap Really an Inequality Trap?
As I watched Paul Krugman Sunday night on Bill Moyers, I felt a familiar sense of despair. Krugman cares deeply
Aaron Swartz, R.I.P.
I was sad to hear about the suicide of Aaron Swartz, the remarkable guy who developed the online syndication/feed
Quick Post on Annual Econ Meetings
(1) Billboard Project: Art project by Larry Chait (here), as if capitalists weren't the only ones with access
The Formerly Advanced Economies
Just as the European settler economies in North America grew to eclipse the economic power of "old" Europe
A Nightmare on Maple Street
Prime Minister Stephen Harper struggles to slay the specters haunting Canada's oil sands.
The Keynesian Stimulus Spending Fallacy
It’s a truism of pop Keynesian economics that consumer spending drives the economy; if spending slows in a recession,
Public-Private Partnerships (P3); misc.
(1) This post's image: Some elegant and amusing culture-jamming on an iPod ad on a NYC bus
Nov/Dec Editorial Note, Adidas and Sweatshops, Co-opoly, etc.
(1) Nov/Dec Issue:We're still trying to get back on schedule with the magazine; we didn'
Capturing the Multinational Dragons’ Gold
As medieval dragons do, the dragon in the Beowulf epic sleeps on a pile of gold. With magic sword and