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The Puzzle of Technical Dis-Employment and Productivity Slowdown

How can recent technical change could both be a major source of dis-employment and not be associated with productivity improvement?

The Importance of Wealth Concentration and Why It is So Difficult to Measure

As bad as available data says wealth concentration is, it is probably even worse.

Gaius Publius: How to Think About the Paris Climate Talks

The Paris climate talks are destined to be too little, too late, and here is a framework for understanding why.

New Studies: Do ‘Competitive’ Corporate Tax Cuts Boost Growth?

A new study devastates the widely-touted claim that corporate tax cuts promote growth.

“Failed: What the ‘Experts’ Got Wrong about the Global Economy”

An excerpt from CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot’s important new book, Failed.

CalPERS Used Sleight of Hand, Accounting Tricks, to Make False “There is No Alternative” Claim for Private Equity

CalPERS staff and outside experts went to considerable lengths distort data and abuse analytical methods to make the case that only private equity could offer the allegedly superior returns needed to meet CalPERS’ targets. The fact that CalPERS did not make an honest case for private equity suggests that no honest case could be made.

Tom Ferguson: Who is Supporting Trump?

Our favorite curmudgeon, political scientist Tom Ferguson, appeared on Real News Network to tease some signal out of the considerable noise on Donald Trump.

Harvard Professor Josh Lerner Gave Weak and Internally Contradictory Plug for Private Equity at CalPERS Workshop

Harvard’s Professor Josh Lerner gave CalPERS what was presumably a pep talk for investing in private equity that was so contradictory as to amount to a case against it.

CalPERS Debunks Private Equity: Executive Summary

Announcing a series that shows how CalPERS’ efforts to defend its private equity program through a workshop for its board backfired.

CalPERS Hired a Fiduciary Counsel Accused of Serious Misconduct Over More Than a Decade, Including Kickbacks, Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest

CalPERS’ board has hired a fiduciary counsel, Robert Klausner, who has been associated with scandals for over a decade, the latest in Jacksonville, Florida.