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New York has come a long way from its near-death experience in the 1970s, but it faces great challenges as it seeks to balance economic dynamism with fairness and equality of opportunity writes Steve Cohen

Dec 08 2019
State of the Planet
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Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernández indicated Columbia University economist Martín Guzman, a disciple of Joseph Stiglitz will have jurisdiction over energy policy.

Dec 08 2019
Forbes
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The president of the Ford Foundation, an international social justice philanthropy, will be the featured speaker on May 17, 2020.

Dec 08 2019
News & Stories

PMF is a leadership development program for advanced degree holders who begin working for the U.S. government.

Dec 08 2019
News & Stories

In Willful: How We Choose What We Do, Richard Robb outlines two very different ways of looking at the world. There is ‘purposeful choice’—a wide slate of situations at whose base lie rational choice—and then there are ‘for-it’ choices. 

Dec 05 2019
Open Magazine
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Neither ‘rational choice’ nor behavioral economics explains the story of the Good Samaritan. Economist Richard Robb offers an alternative that tries.

Dec 05 2019
Wall Street Journal
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Patricia Mosser comments, it’s possible for the central bank to set up such a facility that includes non-bank entities without running up against Dodd-Frank.

Dec 05 2019
Bloomberg
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Former Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas said Colombia’s credit rating is under threat from tax cuts being debated by congress.

Dec 05 2019
Bloomberg
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Unions should form corporate alliances in order to gain more power, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez said. “Union-management coalitions have been successful in the past in pressuring Democrats to moderate their policy agenda, especially on climate and environmental" law

Dec 04 2019
New York Times
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