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"We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way" Jayati Ghosh, is a co-author of an op-ed outlining a poverty eradication roadmap "shaped by experts across the world, from UN agencies to grassroots movements," for political leaders at all levels of government. 

"The California ballot initiative, the cluster of bills in Congress, and the polling that reveals some political realignment—these are not isolated developments. They are pieces of a gathering challenge to four decades of upward redistribution. It might even be a gathering storm,"
 

Paul Krugman: I often think of labor economics as a role model for the field: a subfield in which theory is disciplined by evidence and (most) researchers are willing to listen to that evidence even when it challenges their preconceptions. And hardly anyone does modern labor economics as well as UMass Amherst’s Arindrajit Dube, who has an excellent new book out. I talked with him about that book and the state of labor more generally.

Arin Dube, wrote a Boston Globe op-ed on standards for wages (beyond the minimum wage: "minimum pay requirements for jobs based on occupation and industry") and how Massachusetts is due to revisit its wage laws.

"Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball"
Robert Pollin, pens the first of a two-part series that covers President Donald Trump’s "devastating cuts to the already dysfunctional U.S. health care system and the need for Medicare for All." 
https://www.dollarsandsense.org/overcoming-trumps-u-s-health-care-wrecking-ball/

"America’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Really a Pay Crisis"
In a piece for TIME, Arin Dube, economics, writes, "The issue underpinning America’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t just rising prices. The real culprit behind America’s affordability crisis is that employers have had too much power and too little motivation to share gains." https://time.com/article/2026/04/10/america-cost-of-living-pay-crisis/

Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk, have written a new piece for Project Syndicate. "As the world is plunged into another energy crisis, market allocation is leading to grossly unjust outcomes, as the rich outbid the poor. A multilateral oil buyers' club is urgently needed to defend a price ceiling in global oil markets and allocate resources in a way that meets people’s essential needs and minimizes the economic fallout."
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/oil-buyers-club-can-limit-inflation-and-avert-recession-amid-iran-war-energy-crisis-by-isabella-m-weber-and-gregor-semieniuk

Guillermo Matamoros Romero, has been named a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Equity (TIDE) Ambassador. The selective fellowship empowers outstanding faculty to transform student learning across cultural, social, and learning differences through strength-based, inclusive teaching approaches.

 

The US and Israel’s illegal attack on Iran will provoke a global economic catastrophe 
By Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk