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Below is a transcription of the March 14th episode of the podcast Money on the Left. Saas: You are listening to Money on the Left, the official podcast of the Modern Money Network: Humanities Division, or MMN-HD. Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist, and research and program manager of the West Africa office […]

When we look at inequality from the perspective of the poor – using the theory of increasing egregiousness – it becomes clear that the relative metric is inappropriate as a tool for assessing distribution. Certainly if our objective is to end poverty, this is the conclusion we must draw, as an additional dollar going needlessly […]

The United States is the country most easily positioned to address climate change but it has done likely the least out of any rich country. China, a country significantly less wealthy than the United States, has likely done the most. In fact, a recent study provides some evidence that China’s carbon dioxide emissions peaked in […]

The panic button needs to be hit to declare climate emergency. We need serious action now; there is no more time to waste.