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The Equitable Economy

Income Inequality

Chile's Fall From Grace Shows the Failures of Neoliberalism

Branko Milanovic
For many years, Chile’s economic growth and transition to democracy have made it the poster boy for neoliberalism. The current wave of protests highlights...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

SolarCity’s Troubles Fuel the Religious War Around Tesla’s Future and Elon Musk

Bethany McLean
Musk has been saying for years that his solar business will be similar in size to Tesla’s car business, but this is not likely to...
Antitrust and Competition

Banning Noncompete Agreements Benefits Low-Wage Workers

Evan Starr
Examining the effects of a 2008 ban on noncompete agreements for low-wage workers in Oregon, a recent paper finds that the ban increased average...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Companies Are More Effective Than the White House in Stopping Whistleblowers

Stefano Feltri
Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes tested the "integrity hotlines" companies are supposed to have to let employees report misconduct. In many cases, they...
Income Inequality

The Lousy Job Economy: Young People Bear the Brunt of a Long-Term Decline in American Job Quality

David R. Howell
A new study finds a steady decline in the quality of American jobs between 1979 to 2017, even as GDP has grown. This decline...
Income Inequality

Fighting Poverty With Field Experiments: the Nobel Laureates' Revolution

Vincent Pons
As a student, Harvard Business School professor Vincent Pons decided to become an economist after a project in Morocco with Esther Duflo. The co-recipient...
Commentary

Esther Duflo: How to Find the Right Questions

Esther Duflo
In this piece, originally published in 2011 by the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Esther Duflo, co-recipient of...
Academic Capture

Economics’ Lack of Interest in Gender Proves: the “Dismal Science” Really Is Dismal

Renée Adams
Economists are still in the dark about the role of gender. For economics to be credible, we have to recognize that our knowledge is...
Academic Capture

Uber and the Sherlock Holmes Principle: How Control of Data Can Lead to Biased Academic Research

Luigi Zingales
How can we ensure that academic journals do not become an unintended instrument in the PR efforts of powerful firms? Luigi Zingales offers some...
Income Inequality

“Avoiding Plutocracy Would Require a Political Change”: Branko Milanovic on the Future of Capitalism

Asher Schechter
In an interview with ProMarket, CUNY Graduate Center economist Branko Milanovic discussed the differences and similarities between US-style and China-style capitalism and explained why,...
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