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There are today two main government‐approved mainstream schools of economic thought: Keynesians and Monetarists. While these two schools have widely disparate methodologies and analytical frameworks, and while they are engaged in bitter academic fights accusing each other of not caring about the poor, the children, the environment, inequality, or t
... See moreSaifedean Ammous • The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
For most of the 2020s, the driving economic force will be low growth in productivity, decreased opportunities for investment of accumulated capital, and low interest rates. It will also be a period of increasing unemployment, driven by continued decline in industry and stagnation in high tech as the result of the maturation of the core technology.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's discord, the coming crisis of the 2020s, and the triumph beyond
Mestmäcker retient de Schmitt la nécessité d’assumer la nature explicitement politique du projet néolibéral de dépolitisation de l’économie. Il est soutenu dans cette position par un autre néolibéral de la deuxième génération, Erich Hoppmann.
Quinn Slobodian • Les Globalistes: Une histoire intellectuelle du néolibéralisme (French Edition)
If you believe in deflation, U.S. Treasuries offer great value. Unsurprisingly, the biggest proponents of deflation are David Rosenberg and Lacy Hunt. Both work at firms that manage a lot of money in bond funds.
Jonathan Tepper • Endgame: The End of the Debt SuperCycle and How It Changes Everything
Notwithstanding the horror that the word elicits in many parts of the political spectrum, globalization, development analysts agree, has been a bonanza for the poor. Deaton notes, “Some argue that globalization is a neoliberal conspiracy designed to enrich a very few at the expense of many. If so, that conspiracy was a disastrous failure—or at leas
... See moreSteven Pinker • Enlightenment Now
If Mill’s hypothesis is wrong and Schumpeter is right, we must ask some hard questions: How much do we really want people to participate in politics? How much should people even be allowed to participate?
Jason Brennan • Against Democracy: New Preface

falling public expenditures on research and development (R&D) as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), especially in information technology.