Opinion

Enshrined is the label ‘developed’. Positioned as the ultimate goal, economic growth is traditionally seen as the means to achieve this label. Yet this restrictive definition leads to classifications of ‘developed’ to depend on quantitative economic tools that disregard the costs of economic growth on stakeholders (Tavernaro-Haidarian, 2019). ‘Developed’ as a term itself implies a […]

Over the last year, the United States government has used fiscal stimulus as a response to falling aggregate demand due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Last March Congress approved the $2 trillion “CARES” (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) act. This bill increased the U.S. government’s 2020 spending to $3.13 trillion more than it received in

Gender inequality is ubiquitous in economics. The recent Women in Economics Index (2020) found that men still dominate the economics profession across the academic, private and public sectors.

February is considered to be the ‘LGBT History Month’ and so its aim is to give visibility to the history of the LGBT community, which has often been ignored by mainstream society. The amount of economic research that could give an insight on the conditions of queer people in history has been scarce in the beginnings, since most investigations have been carried out in the past few years. Besides addressing the issues of a potential wealth gap or wage discrimination, economics can also raise awareness on LGBT discrimination in our everyday life.

In this series we will be publishing short pieces that pertain to our campaign goal of diversity in economics. In this piece, we address the work of Darrick Hamilton and William Darity Jr. on reducing the racial wealth gap that is still prevalent in the United States. Have a read of this short piece, and if you’re interested in finding out more you can find the full articles below. 

We want our economics education to reflect the world around us. We would like to read texts by a multitude of authors, from different backgrounds, with different perspectives.

Despite the surreal lives we have been leading for the past few months, one thing is certain: this is an interesting time to be an economist.

I believe the coronavirus can be an inflection point in fighting the climate crisis. Governments will determine the coronavirus’ impact on the environment as they start their economic recovery.