Triple Crisis blogger Gerald Epstein was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on how bankers have been able to take control of certain elements of the political process in Europe and the US since the financial crisis.
The New Economics of Capital Controls
Triple Crisis blogger Kevin P. Gallagher was recently interviewed by GlobalPolicyTV on the new economics of capital controls and how they are helping correct international markets. The interview is based on his new PERI Working Paper, “The Myth of Financial Protectionism: The New (and Old) Economics of Capital Controls.”
Bio-fuels, Speculation, Land Grabs = Food Crisis
Triple Crisis blogger Timothy A. Wise and guest blogger Sophia Murphy were recently interviewed by the Real News Network on why, despite important policy reforms, the countries that dominate international agricultural markets leave the world at risk of another food crisis. The interview is based on their new report, “Resolving the Food Crisis: Assessing Global Policy Reforms Since 2007″. Read the executive summary here. Also read a blog post by the authors, “Resolving the Food Crisis: Global leaders fail to make crucial reforms.”
Facts and Values Are Entangled: Deal with It
Triple Crisis blogger Sanjay Reddy was recently interviewed by Perry Mehrling of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) on why economists should explicitly acknowledge the normative values underlying their theories and models.
What Happened to Regulating the Banks?
Triple Crisis blogger Gerald Epstein was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on why stronger banking regulation should focus on eliminating conflicts of interest and ensuring banks function to support the real economy.
Spotlight G20: Why a Financial Transaction Tax?
Triple Crisis guest blogger Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on the likelihood an international agreement on financial transaction taxes in 2012.
Where is the Urgency About Climate Change?
Triple Crisis blogger Patrick Bond was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on why global elites are not interested in undertaking the changes that effective climate change policy requires.
Spotlight G20: Food Security off the Table
Timothy A. Wise was interviewed by the Real News Network on the lack of progress in addressing food security at both the G20 and the WTO.
See also Kevin P. Gallagher’s recent work on the future of the WTO in an essay for International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, “The Challenging Opportunities for the Multilateral Trade Regime.”
Spotlight G20: Is a Universal Social Net Good Macro Economics?
Triple Crisis blogger Jayati Ghosh was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on the call for a social protection floor in G20 countries and the G20’s response in its final declaration.
Spotlight G20: Euro Crisis, Neo-Liberalism and Undoing the Welfare State
Triple Crisis blogger Gerald Epstein was recently interviewed by the Real News Network on why the German elite that have profited from the eurozone want to use crisis as an opportunity to undo the welfare state.