Four Futures – PE Reading Group – Fall 2017 Over a series of bi-weekly meetings the Political Economy Reading Group will read Four Futures by Peter Frase during...
Political Economy Weekend Update Weekly highlights from my feed reader. Sometimes related to what I am teaching, sometimes not. Financial Times Alphachat (Podcast): FT...
Ctrl+k – Setting Hyperlinks Quick, potentially geeky, advice on how to insert a hyperlink in your text using keyboard shortcuts: Highlight and copy...
Political Economy Weekend Update Weekly highlights from my feed reader. Sometimes related to what I am teaching, sometimes not. The impact of Donald...
Spring 2017 Political Economy Reading Group – Shortlist First Meeting: Thursday, February 2, 5:15, Conference Room B, 726 Broadway, 6th Floor Here are the titles I am considering for...
The Panama Papers – The Hidden Wealth Of Nations There are two stylized facts regarding the distribution of wealth and income First, the distribution of wealth tends to...
All Things Monetary Policy Over at the New Yorker, John Cassidy has a pice on Printing Money that’s worth reading for two reasons. First,...
Seminar: Political Economy of Growth and Distribution In the spring 2016 I am teaching a sophomore seminar in the Politics, Rights & Development concentration at Global...
Economic rhetoric: How to be humble and arrogant at the same time rhet-o-ric [noun}: the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing Today’s assigned reading was an article in The...
The Minimum Wage – Economics 101 and Beyond Lately, the minimum wage debate cycle is on an upward trajectory again. One argument, or rather one particular way...