Climate Change
Climate Economics
SCEPA's Willi Semmler on His Students and Shaping the Future
Willi Semmler, NSSR’s Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development, says his students reflect the spirit of the time and…
How and Why COVID-19 Reconstruction Must Initiate the Great Green Transition
A recent article from Intereconomics, co-authored by Willi Semmler, director of SCEPA’s Economics of Climate Change project, argues that as…
Climate Change Policies And COVID-19 Relief Are Not Mutually Exclusive
The Journal Makronom, based in Germany, recently published a piece co-authored by Economist Willi Semmler, director of SCEPA’s Economics of…
Sustainability
The Real Driver of Rising Inequality
Wage suppression - not monopoly power - is fueling corporate profits and the growing gap between rich and poor.
Past Event
Policies to Reverse Inequality
Only a power and resource shift from capital to labor can reverse the entrenched trends of inequality.
Resource Library
Economic Growth, Income Distribution & Climate Change
This paper explores how climate damage affects the long-run evolution of the economy.
A Bayesian Latent Variable Mixture Model for Filtering Firm Profit Rate
This paper examines the distribution of profit rates in the United States using firm-level data to examine the theory of the equalization of the rate of profit.
Varieties of Keynesianism
Recent claims from Paul Krugman on the superiority of the IS-LM version of Keynesian economics call for a re-thinking of Keynesian economics.
