The title sounds like an oxymoron and the subtitle is even more intriguing: "Conversations on altruism and compassion, between scientists, economists and the Dalai Lama." What exactly could ...

The New Economics: A Manifesto by Steve Keen, Polity £12.99/Wiley $14. Keen is one of the world’s leading heterodox economists. This book is a fierce assault on a lack of realism of ...

If we’ve seen the worst of the oil price shock from the Israel-Iran conflict, then another ostensible impediment to Federal ...

The head of the European Central Bank said inflation has become more unpredictable due to shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Katrina, 9/11 and disaster capitalism Naomi Klein talks about how governments and corporations take advantage of floods, wars and other crises to implement "shock and awe" economics.

As with the first days of 1914, or 1930, or 1942, a number of shocks today lie in wait that could have it all come crashing down. Why? Some distinctions must be understood.

Books ‘Shock Values’ Review: The Cost of Controlling Prices Bold planners from Benjamin Franklin to FDR struggled with how to stabilize unruly market prices.

Another example of a positive supply shock has to do with the technology industry—in fact, this type is called a technology shock. The rise of the internet in the 1990s is one example, as it ...

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As recent economic shocks — from the Covid pandemic to wars — have demonstrated, simplified models of cause and effect are woefully deficient. Farmer’s vision will undoubtedly be significant ...