Archive for: economics

 

UT Professor Recommends We Work Less For Our Own Good

So many Japanese workers have died at their desks since the 1980s that there’s a word for it: karoshi, “death by overwork.” The term is legally recognized...

 
 

A Guide to the Deficit Aviary

UT professor James Galbraith is drawing attention for his unconventional position on the U.S. deficit. Galbraith and his fellow “deficit owls” stand...

 
 

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For Darfur, I Will

Economist Hamid Ali believes that good evidence can move public policy. Ali’s research on the severe economic impact of war is pushing for peace in his Sudanese...

 
 
 
 
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