The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
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Local Responsibility for a Global Problem: Juliana v. the U.S.
The following is the text of the speech that Liz Stanton gave at Wednesday night's event at Tufts
In Memoriam, Frank Ackerman
As we mentioned in the editors' note for our July/August issue, Frank Ackerman, one of the founders of
Worst Case Economics
Cross-posted from our sister blog, Triple Crisis. Frank Ackerman is principal economist at Synapse Energy Economics in Cambridge, Mass.
Cheaper, Quicker, Safer: Green Transportation for All
By Liz Stanton Cross-posted from Liz Stanton Consulting's Public Goods Blog. Getting ourselves, our kids, and all
The Clean Power Plan’s Day in Court
By Elizabeth A. Stanton Cross-posted from the author's blog, lizstantonconsulting.com and at our sister blog Triple
Macroeconomics in the Age of Climate Change
The lectures and award ceremony for the 2015 Leontief Prize are happening tonight at 5:30pm. Here is information about
Friday Links: Market Basket, War and Climate Change, etc.
(1) Alejandro Reuss on Market Basket: I noticed that a Twitter account related to the low-wage worker organizing that
Climate March Links: Industrial Policy!
A few items in advance of this weekend's Climate March in NYC: (1) Ron Baiman of the Chicago
Tuesday Links: CEO Pay, Crisis Costs, Climate March, etc.
(1) Dr. Dollar on the Ex-Im Bank. Our latest piece from the (still in production) Sept/Oct issue: Arthur