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An archive examination of a 2016 presidential campaign proposal, comparing coverage, expenditure and institutional design across wealthy economies.
Read historical article →A retrospective argument about concentration in US banking, systemic risk and the policy choices surrounding institutions considered too important to fail.
Read historical article →An exploration of how emissions, income distribution and the costs of environmental policy may connect, including questions about equitable policy design.
Read historical article →A text record associated with a Spanish public-broadcast discussion of public banking and monetary institutions. External video and media embeds are not included.
Open archive record →Historical commentary on public financial institutions and their proposed role in responding to instability across the economic cycle.
Read historical article →An archive opinion piece responding to protests surrounding European monetary policy and austerity. It reflects the political setting of March 2015.
Read historical article →A record of a Madrid presentation that examined monetary sovereignty, public deficits and the institutional structure of European monetary union.
Open archive record →A contemporaneous account of a proposal intended to create targeted employment, considered through the framework of job-guarantee policy.
Read historical article →An archival event update documenting a 2015 series of lectures and discussions about monetary theory and employment policy in Spain.
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