Economy

Conceptualising Markets
- May 11, 2019
By Pascale Massot and Julian Gruin

Markets are ubiquitous in contemporary everyday life and society as well as central features of the global economy. Markets have political, economic, social, and cultural origins, as well as consequences. But in the public …
By Pascale Massot
China, Economy, International Trade
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Is the Sky the Limit? Risk, Uncertainty, and Nature
- May 11, 2019
By Sylvain Maechler

The Living Planet Report 2018, published by the World Wild Fund for Nature in collaboration with the research division of the Zoological Society of London, recently valued nature at an estimated US$125 trillion.

The International Organization …
By CIPS
Economy, Environment
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What Makes a Market Economy?
- May 11, 2019
By Alice Chessé

What makes a market economy? To many, the answer is simple: they are countries where the market is the main mechanism of resource allocation. Yet, this intuitive definition is at odds with the political impact of the …
By CIPS
China, Economy, International Trade
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China, State Capitalism, and the Global Financial Order
- May 11, 2019
By Johannes Petry

In 1989, capital markets did not exist in China. Fast forward to 2018, China’s capital markets have become the second largest equity markets, second largest futures markets, and third largest bond markets in the world. More …
By CIPS
China, Economy, International Trade
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Aviation Industry Flying Under the Climate Radar, Part 1
- March 14, 2019
Monday, 13 July 2018 was a day for the record books. On that day the Swedish company FlightRadar24 tracked 205,468 flights occurring around the world, making it aviation’s busiest day in history. It would be a herculean task to determine …
By Ryan Katz-Rosene
Economy, Environment
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Aviation Industry Flying Under the Climate Radar, Part 2
- March 14, 2019
In part 1 of this blog, we looked at how the aviation sector contributes to climate change overall. In this second part, we look at the three main ways the aviation industry is flying under the radar when it …
By Ryan Katz-Rosene
Economy, Environment
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What Challenges Face a New World Bank President?
- January 23, 2019
The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were created in 1944, in the closing months of WWII. The Bretton Woods conference was the Allies’ vehicle for rebuilding a shattered Europe, relying on European and American leadership. This …
By John Sinclair
Economy, International Development, USA
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The Future of Sustainable Protein is… Complicated
- October 28, 2018
“The Paleoketoveganmacrofasting Diet: Stop the Madness!!!” This was the amusing title of a recent presentation by Dr. Shawn Arent, a kinesiology professor at Rutgers University. The talk was aimed at personal trainers. But for the rest of us, the title …
By Ryan Katz-Rosene
Economy, Environment, Health
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How the 2008 Financial Crisis Helped Fuel Today’s Right-Wing Populism
- October 10, 2018
Ten years ago, on 3 October 2008, President George W. Bush signed the “Troubled Assets Relief Program” (TARP), promising $700 billion to support banks and companies hit by the global financial crisis. As Congress passed this historic bill, it seemed …
By Jacqueline Best
Democracy, Economy, USA
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Trans Mountain Clarifies Canada’s Climate–Energy Choices
- October 3, 2018
Since the court decision of August 30^th that put the Trans Mountain pipeline on hold —and the cat decidedly among the pigeons — Canada’s energy/climate politics has been strangely quiet. Trans Mountain was the last of a batch of …
By Matthew Paterson
Economy, Environment, Indigenous Peoples
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Why We Aren’t Ready for the Next Financial Crisis
- September 27, 2018
Ten years ago, as the global economy slipped ever closer to a total meltdown, regulators were slow to recognize the severity of the problem because they were looking in the wrong direction.

Transcripts from the US Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee …
By Jacqueline Best
Economy
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Ford and the Future of Canadian Climate Policy
- September 6, 2018
In the fallout from Doug Ford’s election as Premier of Ontario, two things have dominated public debate regarding climate policy. One, the provincial cap and trade plan along with the court case to stop the federal government from imposing a …
By Matthew Paterson
Economy, Environment, Science
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