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Economics & Finance

Response to Henning Huenteler: Use Climate Funds to Deal With Consequences

The amount of money needed to comply with Paris Agreement would be better spent on funds that will alleviate climate change damage.

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Response to Professor Vermaelen: U.S. Climate Policy Is Based on Shaky Arguments

Giving President Trump credit for a careful cost-benefit analysis misses the details and implications of this decision.

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How In-Work Benefits Reduce Poverty

The U.S. and Canada adopted similar programmes to combat family poverty in the 1990s. How have they fared?

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Trump’s Climate Policy is Based on Cost-Benefit Analysis

President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris accord is based on economic arguments.

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Why Your Financial Planner Should Be a Robot

Lucas Weatherill & Boris Liedtke

Retirement planning requires more data and less human involvement to nudge customers to a more comfortable future.

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Banks Are Still Thinking Short-Term

Boris Liedtke & S. David Young

A single-minded focus on the bottom line can destroy value.

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China’s Colonial Ambitions

Paulo Vicente dos Santos Alves & Fabian Salum

China is heading down the path of colonialism as it tries to slake its thirst for resources.

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A (Temporary) Reprieve for Europe

Macron’s probable victory gives the EU a chance to recover from recent shocks but will he be able to “turn around” France?

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Private Secondary Markets: A Growing Investment Opportunity

Tech companies want to stay private for longer, driving interest and liquidity in secondary markets.

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How Invisible Inequality Hurts the Poor

We need to confront how increasing income inequality is affecting people’s inner lives.

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A Recipe for Employee Motivation

Absenteeism is less prevalent in family firms than in non-family firms.

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Mortgage Foreclosures: A Necessary Evil?

Limiting foreclosure will make mortgage-backed securities more risky and banks lend less.

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The Economic Consequences of Shareholder Value Maximisation

Shareholder primacy is causing secular stagnation.

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The Stars Are Aligning for Socially Responsible Investing

Calls for a more inclusive style of capitalism are boosting a budding industry.

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What Are Trump’s Promises Really Worth?

Poorer voters may have misjudged Trump by taking him “seriously but not literally” on income inequality.

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