Skip to main content

Isabella M. Weber

Isabella M. Weber

1 commentaries

Isabella M. Weber is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate.

Sort by: Show:
  3. op_shafik1_erhui1979Getty Images_brokencontract erhui1979/Getty Images
    Subscriber Exclusive

    The Pandemic and Our Broken Social Contracts

    Minouche Shafik

    Behind frustrating, unnecessary problems like vaccine hesitancy lies a broader crisis of trust. The solution, argues the director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, is to rethink the basic terms of the relationship between individuals, firms, civil society, and the state.

     shows why confronting problems like COVID-19 will require a broader political overhaul.
    0
  8. money flags masterSergeant/iStock/Getty Images
    Subscriber Exclusive

    Inflation Remedies

    With the rate of price increases in the United States and the eurozone currently at multi-decade highs, many argue that central bankers have been asleep at the switch. But is rapid monetary-policy tightening necessarily the most appropriate response to the current inflationary surge, and how can economists better anticipate the next one?

    1

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.