The fast-growing esports industry boosts economies as well as top players.
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States depend on the consent of the governed: there are only a finite number of cops, and politicians, once stripped of authority and armed guards,…
Aug 22, 2022 ROBERT SKIDELSKY The widening gaps in policy formation nowadays reflect the division of labor and increasing specialization that has taken us from the sixteenth-century ideal of the Renaissance man. And today’s biggest policymaking gap has grown so large that it threatens global catastrophe. LONDON – Just as the insistent demand for more … Continue reading Mind the Policy Gaps
A study that examined sovereign risk among oil-exporting countries provides insights into why sanctions may not deter Russia, a major oil-exporter.
China’s successful technological development path stands in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States
In our INET working paper, "China’s Development Path,” we employ the “social conditions of innovative enterprise” framework to analyze the key determinants of China’s development path from the economic reforms of 1978 to the present. First, we focus on how government investments in human capabilities and physical infrastructure provided foundational support for the emergence of Chinese enterprises capable of technological learning.
China’s successful technological development path stands in contrast to the corporate financialization model in the United States
It gives me great pleasure, as well as relief, that The New Inquiry has agreed to republish this landmark essay. For a while now, strangers…
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The widening gaps in policy formation nowadays reflect the division of labor and increasing specialization that has taken us from the sixteenth-century ideal of the Renaissance man. And today’s biggest policymaking gap has grown so large that it threatens global catastrophe.
As environmental breakdown threatens to render large parts of the planet unfarmable, how can mass starvation best be averted? By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 22nd August 2022 This is my response to the open letter from my friend Jyoti Fernandes, published on the website of the Landworkers’ Alliance. Dear Jyoti, I’m not sure whether […]
I’m thoroughly convinced that time is an illusion but somehow, within that
illusion, my eldest daughter will turn 40 this coming week. That has put me
in a reflective mood so as I type, I’ve no idea where this post is going to
go today.
Scott Morrison’s “secret powers” are being heralded in much of the media as proof that he was up to no good. The simpler explanation is that on governance issues, he was often just not much good. As a journalist and … Continue reading
Is Crypto Really Going To Crash? (Yes)
Crypto is going to crash and could take your savings with it.
Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 20 postdoc positions, 14 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, 7 job openings, and 6 PhD fellowships, a grant and an award in economic sociology, political economy, and related fields, with August 22 — September 25 deadlines. Share […]
Without public consultation, the boundaries of freeports have been expanded to cover much of the country. What does this mean? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th August 2022 Democracy is the problem that capital is always striving to solve. To maintain its rates of profit, it seeks to drive down the taxes it […]
The world’s most damaging farm products? Organic pasture-fed beef and lamb. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th August 2022 Perhaps the most important of all environmental issues is land use. Every hectare of land we use for extractive industries is a hectare that can’t support wild forests, savannahs, wetlands, natural grasslands and other […]
To this government, the duty of care is an abomination. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th August 2022 Has Boris Johnson ended his holiday? It’s hard to tell. He was never committed to government, even during national emergencies, as his serial absence from Cobra meetings at the beginning of the pandemic revealed. Now, […]
“The Egyptians have pyramids, the Chinese have the Great Wall, the British have immaculate lawns, the Germans have castles, the Dutch have canals, the Italians…
Generally, a remote area refers to a location that’s difficult to access. It may refer to a rural location, such as the desert or countryside. It can also mean a place that isn’t easily accessible by vehicle, like offshore or mines. While this area has road access, they are usually far from the nearest police…
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Backward-looking data and regular data revisions are among the challenges facing the NBER when determining whether the economy is in a recession.
I’ve been having a bit of a rollercoaster time at work; nothing you need to bother your giant head about, but this week has been a mix of incredible highs, and also some really hard introspection. One of them, which will seem silly to regular readers of this blog (who are the only ones left […]