Kenneth Rogoff
King Ludd is Still Dead
CAMBRIDGE – Since the dawn of the industrial age, a recurrent fear has been that technological change will spawn mass unemployment. Neoclass…
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In the last 50 years, globalization, shifting demographic patterns, and technological innovation have redefined labor. Will advanced countries adapt to competition with lower-paid, less protected workers in developing countries, or face chronic unemployment? Will developing-country workers demand better conditions and higher pay?
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Steven Hill
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Robert Skidelsky
Labor’s Paradise Lost
LONDON – As people in the developed world wonder how their countries will return to full employment after the Great Recession, it might bene…
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Mark Roe
Greece and the Limits of Anti-Austerity
CAMBRIDGE – Is austerity dead? At last month’s G-8 meeting at Camp David, the German-led austerity program for the eurozone’s troubled south…
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Karl P. Sauvant
China, Inc. Goes Global
NEW YORK – China’s economy is now taking its next great leap forward: parts of its manufacturing sector are now moving up the value-added ch…
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Martin Ford
To the Jobless Economy
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Otaviano Canuto
Navigating the Road to Riches
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Robert Skidelsky
Lumpy Labor
LONDON – As the world recovers from the Great Recession, it has become increasingly difficult to discern the true trend of events. On the on…
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Heleen Mees
The False Panacea of Labor-Market Flexibility
AMSTERDAM – Competitiveness has become one of the economic buzzwords of our time. Barack Obama trumpeted it during his State of the Union ad…
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