A Moderate Proposal: Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
We’re facing a shale crash, a likely recession, and a surefire climate crisis. One particular policy could help solve all three problems.
Reinventing Capitalism
Mankind is faced with a profound dilemma. To resist growth is to risk economic collapse. To continue to pursue growth relentlessly ensures collapse of our...
The next president can force the financial sector to take climate change seriously
Obama, Dodd, and Frank. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images With the help of Dodd-Frank, the president won’t need Congress. A growing chorus of voices is warning...
CAN WE HAVE PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH?
In 1930, the English economist John Maynard Keynes took a break from writing about the problems of the interwar economy and indulged in a bit...
Climate Change Could Blow Up the Economy. Banks Aren’t Ready
Climate change has already been blamed for deadly bush fires in Australia, withering coral reefs, rising sea levels and ever more cataclysmic storms. Could it...
Mnuchin says Greta Thunberg can tell us what to do ‘after she goes and studies economics in college’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sharply criticized the financial credentials of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunbergon Thursday, saying the 17-year-old should study economics at college...
Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.
The Washington Post contacted someone who did study economics in college and asked him to explain it to us.
Economic heavyweights highlight climate risks
Economic heavyweights highlight climate risks By Jonathan Marshall, CCL Economics Policy Network Whatever you think of billionaires, it’s almost always better to have them on...