It was correct for Benjamin Enke, the Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, to point out that previous discussions of political economy “were deeply intertwined ...

ShareIntroduction Law has long been recognized as a potent instrument for organizing society and managing human affairs. In ...

Worsening economic inequality in Bermuda, fuelled by globalisation, financialisation and the absence of progressive taxation or social housing, has created a housing crisis that now affects ...

With rapid improvements in AI, things are quickly moving away from AI chatbots to action-driven AI agents. AI agents are ready to change our everyday lives and how we interact with services. They ...

Both globalizations represent pivotal periods — watershed years that shaped today’s world. And both saw the largest expansions of global economic output to date. However, they were also very different ...

July 2, 2023, Paper: "Since late 2021, the US has experienced the highest cumulative rate of deaths from Covid-19-related causes of any developed country in the world. Why this is the case invites ...

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the household consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line. During negative economic growth ...

This paper aims to deeply explore the economic growth dynamics during the apartheid era in South Africa and its long-term consequences on social inequality. In terms of research methods, by reviewing ...

It has become commonplace to blame the Baby Boomers for much of the economic woes and unprecedented level of wealth inequality in the United States, but is this blame based in reality?

Economic inequality is not simply an economic issue. It's a social one as well. The imbalance pushes many to crime, as evidenced in Detroit's particularly concerning crime rate.

The work for which Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson won their Nobel goes beyond merely pointing out that institutions play a crucial long-term role. That much was already recognized. Their 2001 study, ...

Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...