Economy
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Why Work? On AI and Automation
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Any modern conversation about the future of work would be incomplete without considering the looming prospect of greater automation
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Dispatches from Vienna – Economist Francisco Zanetti on Economic Uncertainties in Times of War
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“If recession looms and unemployment persists, ‘making the labour market a little more dynamic might help.'” Jason Chau speaks with Professor Francisco Zanetti in Vienna about the economic uncertainties Europe faces at the moment.
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Debunking the Economic and Political Myths of Deglobalization
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Looking at the contemporary global economy, many assumptions about deglobalization make the mistake of looking at globalization as a political ideology, and interpreting any deviation from its ‘deterministic’ trajectory, as an existential moment.
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Why Chinese Diplomacy Isn’t All ‘Wolf Warriors’: On China’s Economic Statecraft
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‘Wolf warrior diplomacy’—a common description of China’s combative diplomacy—does not wholly capture China’s economic diplomacy. Rather, China’s economic diplomacy reflects nuance.
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Commodity Supercycles and the World System
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The trappings of a new commodity supercycle—a sustained period of commodity inflation—presage a world economy increasingly impacted by the relative scarcity of raw materials.
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A Play in Two Acts: The Duality of Ideas Influencing the Peruvian Pension System
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Considering Fujimori’s initial lack of ideological commitments, was the implementation of the private pension scheme in Peru in the early 1990s truly a response to neoliberal ideals?
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Lest We Forget: The Impact of Austerity on Pre-Pandemic Inequality in the UK
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The inequalities we saw in and after the pandemic really began a decade before the outbreak of COVID-19. Discussions of inequality in the UK today, therefore, must begin with austerity.
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China Should Not Over-Rely On Its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law
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The AFSL is unlikely to be an effective tool as its enforcement would discourage Western companies from continually operating their businesses in China.
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How Bangladesh’s NGO-Driven Development Model Compares to Authoritarian Alternatives
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The Bangladesh development model has two layers—both of which serve as critical counterweights to authoritarian development models which belittle democratization.
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Equality and Efficiency in the Economics of Insurance
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Can sex be used as a risk classifier to set insurance premium rates if there is an indisputable statistical correlation?