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We are delighted to welcome two new Research Scholars to our team this month: Erik Dean from Portland Community College and Ahmed Soliman from Denison University. We are also excited to have Marco Vangelisti, founder of Essential Knowledge for Transition (ek4t.com) join our team of Research Fellows.
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Income Inequality and Sustainable Prosperity: Lessons from the not Distant Past (Luis Villanueva)
Following the structuralist tradition, Luis Villanueva, Research Scholar, argues that a reduction in income inequality leads to an improvement in quality of life for all members of society. Focusing on the works for 1940s and 1950s structuralists, Villanueva also highlights differences between Anglo-Saxon and Latin American traditions within structuralism. The paper concludes that strategic industrial policy and government intervention are crucial in reducing income inequality and guaranteeing sustainable prosperity. >> Read complete text (pdf)
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One Belt One Road and the Roadmap of Financial Reform (Sara Hsu)
In this Policy Note, Sara Hsu, Research Scholar, critically examines the sufficiency of China’s planned financial reforms for its One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. Will the ambitious aims of OBOR and financial reform coincide? Are there deeper reforms to consider beyond the financial reforms laid out by the CPC Central Committee? >> Read complete text (pdf)
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MSNBC
john a. powell, Advisory Board member at the Binzagr Institute and Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society (UC Berkeley) was interviewed on MSNBC's Nerding Out to discuss BlackLivesMatter and where the movement stands one year after Micheal Brown's death (August 27, 2015) >> Watch the video here.
The Diplomat
Sara Hsu, Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute, published four columns this month in The Diplomat on the state of the Chinese economy: "Markets Plunge on Less Chinese Government Intervention" (August 26, 2015), "China's (Renewed) Crackdown on Insider Trading" (August 21, 2015), "China's Surprise Currency Devaluation" (August 14, 2015), and "China's Sovereign Wealth Fund seeking Alpha in Silk Road" (August 4, 2015). You can follow her weekly columns in The Diplomat here.
Yonkers Tribune
Oren Levin-Waldman, Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute, published a new public policy piece in Yonkers Tribune entitled "What Policymakers can LEarn from Oregon's Minimum Wage" (August 25, 2015) >> Read the article here.
Counterpunch
Ellen Brown, Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute, published a new piece on Counterpunch entitled "Trumping the Federal Debt without Playing the Default Card" (August 19, 2015) >> Read the article here.
New Economic Perspectives
Pavlina Tcherneva, Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute, published a new NEP blog post entitled "Why Bernie Sanders should add a Job Guarantee to his Policy Agenda" (August 17, 2015). >> Read the article here.
WalletHub
Fadhel Kaboub, President of the Binzagr Institute, talked to WalletHub about the long-term impact of poverty on underprivileged children. His comments appeared in an article entitled "2015's Best and Worst States for Underprivileged Children" (August 13, 2015). >> Read the article here.
Forbes
John T. Harvey, Research Scholar at the Binzagr Institute, published two columns on Forbes.com: "Five Reasons Why a National Balanced Budget Amendment is Lunacy" (August 10, 2015) and "The Real Argument for Raising the Minimum Wage" (July 31, 2015). You can follow his columns on Forbes.com here.
Review of Keynesian Economics
Giuseppe Mastromatteo, Research Scholar at at the Binzagr Institute, published an article titled "The Economics of Deflation in the Euro Area: A Critique of Fiscal Austerity" (co-authored with Sergio Rossi). >> Read the article here.
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