Articles in Economics
Inside the Cryptocurrency Casino
Bitcoin and its imitators were supposed to democratize the world of money. Instead, speculators have gotten rich—and the planet is paying the price.
The Nature of Money
Calculating a poor person’s wealth is a science. For a rich person, it’s an incredibly abstract art.
How Billionaires See Themselves
Reading the dreadful memoirs of the super-rich offers an illuminating look at their delusions.
The Grift of Online Entrepreneurship
Don’t like getting underpaid for your work? Hypercapitalist Instagram meme pages can help.
Break Up Facebook, But That’s Just The Start
The FTC suit against Facebook has limited aims and long odds.
Abolishing the Economics Nobel Isn’t Enough
Economics is a discipline that has been strangled by conservative credentialism. Saving the profession from itself requires more than symbolic action—it’s time to get rid of the gatekeepers.
If You Want to Enact Free College, Cancel Student Debt Immediately
Financial Editor Sparky Abraham on why there are truly no good reasons not to cancel student debt.
Big Business and its Bottomless Bootlickers
Some economists say that big business is good, actually. Are they correct? They are not.
The Tuttle Twins and the Case of the Really Bad Libertarian Propaganda
The Right gets ’em while they’re young.
The Possibility of Life Without Money
The prospect of a “cashless” society is upon us. But could ordinary life be “moneyless” entirely?
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