Taming the US Shadow Banks
October 18, 2017
Tamim Bayoumi— US financial reformers faced a fundamentally different issue from those in Europe. Banks in Europe were under a flawed single system. The issues in the United States, on… READ MORE
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Dispelling Myths about Female Gamers
July 28, 2017
Nick Yee— Gender is a hotly contested topic in gaming. There is a lot of noise and vitriol, but at its core, much of the debate revolves around the shifting… READ MORE
Net Neutrality and The Internet of Things
July 12, 2017
Philip N. Howard— The internet of things will help bring structure to global politics, but we must work for a structure we want. This is a challenging project, but if… READ MORE
Why Oil Prices May Go on Falling – Forever
June 26, 2017
Dieter Helm— When the Saudis decided to draw a halt to the great shale oil boom in the United States at the end of 2014, they thought they could administer… READ MORE
The Legacy of Jane Austen and the Industry of “Jane Austen”
June 20, 2017
Fiona Stafford– When Jane Austen spoke of being “in love with” Clarkson, in a private letter of 1813, she was referring to the indefatigable antislavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson and his… READ MORE
The (False) Promise of Social Media Self-Enterprise
June 19, 2017
Brooke Erin Duffy— With the skyrocketing growth of the independent employment economy, entrepreneurialism has emerged as a profoundly romanticized ideal for workers and career aspirants alike. A survey published last… READ MORE
The Hidden Hindrance to Innovation
December 19, 2016
Fredrik Erixon & Björn Weigel— What’s ailing Western economies? They are suffering from multiple problems: declining growth in GDP per capita; a slower pace of productivity and corporate investment growth; a workforce… READ MORE
The Globalization of the Industrial and Financial Revolutions in the 19th Century
August 23, 2016
Meghnad Desai— The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed one of the many episodes of globalization. This one was built on the industrial and financial revolutions. The new inventions… READ MORE
The Struggle to Define Strong Sustainability
August 16, 2016
Dieter Helm— The trouble with strong sustainability is that it contains very little by way of guidance as to what we should do, except ‘preserve everything’. It is in essence… READ MORE
Piracy’s Impact on the Creative Class
February 18, 2016
Scott Timberg— When you ask people why they steal music, or why they don’t care about the collapse of the record industry, the more informed ones talk about the decadence of… READ MORE
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