A look back at one of the darker episodes of the 1930s New Deal suggests that we should all be worried about US President Donald Trump’s narrow-minded approach to domestic policymaking. With his relentless pursuit of short-term political gain, Trump may be laying the groundwork for disruptions on a global scale.
Estimates of job losses in the near future due to automation range from 9% to 47%, and jobs themselves are becoming ever more precarious. Should we trust the conventional economic narrative according to which machines inevitably raise workers' living standards?
think so, but only if his administration abandons its zero-sum approach to trade and multilateral cooperation.
worries that his country's post-1945 pacifism could work against collective defense.
sees eerie parallels between the Trump era and one of the darker episodes of the 1930s New Deal.
argues that the despoliation of natural systems by global corporations can no longer be kept off the books.
explain how the rise of ultra-powerful superstar firms may be depressing wages.
discuss the challenges of measuring the well-being of society, and how inequality is contributing to a public health crisis.
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