Discover what rent seeking is in economics, its implications, and see examples of how entities gain wealth without societal ...

Government. The Big G. Sometimes we talk about the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But since the birth of economics the two have been interwoven.

The world is still not on track to hold global warming well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, let alone 1.5°C. Despite good intentions, the availability of financing and clean technologies, and ...

Putting moral insight back into economics enhances understanding of political outcomes For much of the 20th century, the disciplines of moral psychology and economics were seen as distinct—each ...

How is it possible that despite multiple pledges and commitments, rapid progress in key technologies, and the implementation of more than 4,500 climate policies, the world is not on track to meet the ...

In recent weeks, Western audiences encountered two starkly different portraits of China’s economic model. In his book “Breakneck,” tech analyst Dan Wang argues that China is an “engineering state” ...

Imraan Valodia receives funding from a number of South African and international foundations that support academic and policy research. Over the last decade or so there has been something of a ...

Even before the resignation of the very short-lived Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday, October 6, political instability had already cost the French economy around 0.3% of growth in 2025. The ...