Nobel Prizes in Economics, Awarded and Withheld (Climate Change Politics Edition)
How the Swedish Riksbank just put its finger on the scales of the climate change debate in a big way.
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Italy’s New Fiscal Plans: The Options of the European Commission
What could the European Commission do if it decided to discipline Italy for defying budget rules?
Read more...Bankers’ Liability and Risk Taking
Why limited liability for banks is not such a hot idea.
Read more...Brexit Derivatives Risk: Did the City Overplay Its £38 Trillion Hand?
Novating UK derivatives contracts entered into by EU clearinghouse members is a ginormous mess, particularly in a Brexit crashout. But how serious a mess?
Read more...Brexit Crunch: Is the EU Trying to Save the UK from Itself? Is That Even Possible?
Brexit reaches the”overly dynamic” phase.
Read more...How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?
Read more...Links 10/6/18
With the World on the Line, Scientists Outline the Paths to Survival
Scientists will deliver an urgent warning with the issuance of the latest IPCC reports, starting next week. But will politicians and the public respond?
Read more...Costing the Country: Britain’s Finance Curse
More discussion of the downside of having too much finance.
Read more...Inequality Represents a Wasted Opportunity for Poverty Reduction
If poverty is falling, why you should still care about what happens to inequality.
Read more...Links 10/5/18
How Inequality Harms Mental Health
Economic justice goes a long way to improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Read more...How Saudi Money Keeps the US at War in Yemen
Following the Saudi funding that has the US backing nation-breaking in Yemen.
Read more...Earthquake in Sacramento: Insurgent CalPERS Candidate Jason Perez Trounced Board President Priya Mathur in 57% to 43% Win; Repudiation of Captured Board and Labor Leaders
Congratulate Jason Perez for his victory over Priya Mathur in the CalPERS board elections.
Read more...High-Deductible Health Plans Fall From Grace In Employer-Based Coverage
Yves here. The decline in use of high-deductible health insurance policies is important not just for employees who get insurance at work, but for the public generally. The retreat by employers will make it harder to treat high-deductible plans as a preferred option for expanded government-provided care. Note that employers health care costs, as you […]
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