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‘New Keynesian’ unemployment — a paid vacation essentially!

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‘New Keynesian’ unemployment — a paid vacation essentially! Lars P. Syll Both Real Business Cycle and New Keynesian models see unemployment as an accidental and…

Capitalism – with friends like these, you don’t need enemies (part 1)

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Capitalism with friends like these, you don’t need enemies (part 1) Steve Keen This is a chapter from Prof Steve Keen’s book Rebuilding Economics from…

Rethinking economics with Angus Deaton

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Rethinking economics with Angus Deaton Editor Mainstream economics has placed efficiency before ethics and human wellbeing It is no secret that mainstream economics is grounded…

Complex economies embedded in the biosphere

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Complex economies embedded in the biosphere with the commons restored – Part 1 Geoff Davies How can we construct an economics consistent with the biophysical…

MMT sees America through rapid economic recovery

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MMT sees America through rapid economic recovery Stephanie Kelton and Steven Hail Modern monetary theory has been influential in helping America rise out of the…

If you’ve got a dark roof

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If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool Sebastian Pfautsch and Riccardo Paolini If you…

Mortgagees paying for corporate price gouging

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Mortgagees paying for corporate price gouging Editor This item by Andreas Bimba embraces material extracted from William Michell’s blogsite [1]. It appears in a Facebook…

No economy exists apart from the ecologies which sustain it

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No economy exists apart from the ecologies which sustain it Peter Newell This item is extracted from an article which appeared in RWER blogs on…

Land – funding and inflation

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Letter from Colin Cook (SA) Re: Finding the tools to end the cost-of-living crisis [ERA Review Jan/Feb 2024] Towards the end of 2020 there was…

A successful energy transition requires managing power use

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A successful energy transition requires managing power use So how do we make demand more flexible? Chris Briggs Energy security concerns are mounting as renewable…