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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...