Government & Politics
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International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Al), Privacy, and Governance
ConferenceNov 30–Dec 2, 2024
This conference aims to explore important issues of economics of AI, good governance, humanization of AI technologies, privacy, considerations of creative thinking and imagination, and take a comprehensive look at the challenges and opportunities of AI technologies.
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After the European Elections: Fiscal Policy is the Elephant in the Room
Jun 27, 2024
The most crucial issue in European policy, and one on which no big party campaigned and no important public discussion took place, was the fiscal policy stance for the next few years.
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Turin Festival of Economics 2024
ConferenceMay 30–Jun 2, 2024
Who owns knowledge?
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Winning Back the People: The Berlin Summit
ConferenceMay 27–29, 2024
In the global super election year of 2024, populists are threatening to experience a new upswing almost everywhere – whether in the USA, the EU or in East Germany. What makes so many citizens so dissatisfied? What could help win people back and restore their trust in liberal democracy?
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The Second Coming? Trump vs. Biden
May 17, 2024
How have the macroeconomic problems in the US blinded many participants and observers to the actual state of the American economy as the election approaches?
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Working Paper
Trump versus Biden: The Macroeconomics of the Second Coming
May 2024
The current paper returns to the key questions of wages and incomes and how wealth effects cripple reliance on interest rates to control inflation.
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The Long Goodbye? Mitch McConnell and Big Money Politics
May 16, 2024
In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has plainly been well-earned.
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Work Longer, Die Sooner! America's Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
May 8, 2024
Experts are clear that working into old age often threatens the health and well-being of U.S. seniors.
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Europe's New Fiscal Rules Harm Working People and Women, Boost Right-Wing Radicals
Apr 5, 2024
Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.
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Trump, Populism, and the Republican Establishment: Two Graphs From New Hampshire
Feb 2, 2024
This year’s New Hampshire primary testifies to the disintegration of the Republican Party
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As Presidential Hopefuls Spar on Social Security, This Expert Separates Fact from Fiction
Jan 12, 2024
Eric Laursen, author of The People’s Pension, explains to INET’s Lynn Parramore what’s at stake for Americans in a year of sneak attacks and misinformation.
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Unhappy New Year: How Austerity is Making a Comeback in Berlin and Brussels
Jan 4, 2024
Germany’s debt brake and EU fiscal rules will make it well neigh impossible for EU countries to fund the investments needed to decarbonize their economies.
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Renowned Political Scientist: Can We Really Save American Democracy?
Dec 19, 2023
In an exclusive interview, Benjamin Page discusses urgent reforms needed to tackle critical challenges, from undemocratic institutions to economic inequality.
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The Dutch Earthquake
Nov 30, 2023
Why did so many Dutch voters vote for the far-right Geert Wilders?
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Democratic Reform at a Time of Dire Troubles
Nov 27, 2023
What sort of effective democratic political system does the United States want and need?