John Maynard Keynes

A new history explores the emergence of international economic institutions that continue to wield immense influence over the domestic politics of many states.

An interview with the author of "The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism."

In World War II, the US had a planned economy. Its principles were similar to MMT.

Politicians across the political spectrum warn of a return to the decade of stagflation, urban decay, and labor mutiny; but their solution misses the mark.

"Slouching Towards Utopia" is a rise-and-fall epic—but it is better at depicting the rise than explaining the fall.

Romanticized stories about the Second World War are at the heart of American exceptionalism.

Amid the global threats posed by climate change, energy costs, unemployment and inequality, the need to rethink progress is now an urgent priority.

The global economic order and the myth of sovereignty.

For 30 years, the debate has largely ignored the soaring costs of inaction.

Even the most ardent advocates of NATO expansion after the implosion of the USSR realized that it had limits—and one of those limits was Ukraine.

The fate of the League of Nations provides a stark warning about using sanctions as a tool of modern warfare.

The economist, along with David Card, was instrumental in changing America’s mind about the minimum wage.

Fifty years ago, in response to rising inflation, he rejected several long-standing practices. His Keynesian turn holds lessons for today’s economy.

For economist Albert Hirschman, social planning meant creative experimentation rather than theoretical certainty.

What the troubled history of telecommuting tells us about its future.

Socialised investment and the spectre of full employment.

Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to get it back?

In the 1930s, Americans responded to economic calamity by creating a richer and more equitable society. We can do it again.

Claims that the programs adopted in the 1930s lengthened the Great Depression don’t hold up.

We can only understand the left’s present dilemmas by seeing them in light of the conflicted legacy of the New Deal.