CAMBRIDGE — At the beginning of classes every autumn, I tease my students with the following question: Is it better to be poor in a rich country or rich in a poor country? The question typically invites considerable and inconclusive debate.

CAMBRIDGE — US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s new trade plan solidifies her credentials as the Democratic presidential candidate with the best policy ideas.

CAMBRIDGE — Is it culture or economics? That question frames much of the debate about contemporary populism.

CAMBRIDGE — US President Donald Trump has used national security as a justification for his tariffs on steel imports, his threatened tariff hikes on autos and the tariffs he recently vowed to impose on Mexican imports.

CAMBRIDGE — At the end of 1933, John Maynard Keynes sent a remarkable public letter to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR had taken office earlier that year, in the midst of an economic slump that had pushed a quarter of the labour force into unemployment.

CAMBRIDGE — Around the world today, the central challenge for achieving inclusive economic prosperity is the creation of sufficient numbers of “good jobs”, Without productive and dependable employment for the vast majority of a country’s workforce, economic growth either remains

CAMBRIDGE — The main political beneficiaries of the social and economic fractures wrought by globalisation and technological change, it is fair to say, have so far been right-wing populists.

CAMBRIDGE — New technologies reduce the prices of goods and services to which they are applied. They also lead to the creation of new products.

CAMBRIDGE — Labour advocates have long complained that international trade agreements are driven by corporate agendas and pay little attention to the interests of working people.