Author Archive: Marshall Auerback
Why ‘Herd Immunity’ Is a Distraction
Released for Syndication: 09/08/2020
Aiming for “herd immunity” is neither a serious health strategy, nor is it an accurate characterization of what has happened in Sweden.
Full ArticleWhy Courts Across the World Are Ruling That the Gig Economy Is Paving the Road to Serfdom
Released for Syndication: 08/21/2020
Companies have consistently sought to deny their workers traditional benefits via labor law loopholes that the courts are rapidly closing.
Full ArticleThe Pandemic Has Revealed America’s Zip Code Map of Inequality
Released for Syndication: 08/13/2020
COVID-19—just like previous pandemics—exposes that health outcomes are a function of race and income.
Full ArticleWhy Taiwan Is at the Heart of a Geopolitical Struggle to Produce Cutting-Edge Computer Chips
Released for Syndication: 08/06/2020
Geopolitical contests between the U.S. and China hinge on technology more than the ability to deploy a gunboat somewhere; Taiwan could resemble a prototype for a tech proxy war.
Full ArticleEvery Step the EU Takes Toward Financial Unity Sows New Seeds of Its Potential Collapse
Released for Syndication: 07/28/2020
Another “landmark” agreement in reality makes incremental progress, but at a cost of ignoring a ticking time bomb in France.
Full ArticleEven If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back
Released for Syndication: 07/24/2020
New economic imperatives are forcing nations to make a choice.
Full ArticleWe Won’t Have a Truly Global Economy Until People Start Taxing It That Way
Released for Syndication: 06/29/2020
Reconstructing our tax system is an integral part of future national industrial policy as we restart the economy.
Full ArticleLet’s Make Sure We Get the Green New Deal Right
Released for Syndication: 06/19/2020
COVID-19 will force us to rethink many of the assumptions underlying existing GND proposals.
Full ArticleThe European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can Save It
Released for Syndication: 06/09/2020
The latest ideas are too little, too late, and still hamstrung by institutional barriers that block genuine economic recovery. They do not represent a “Hamiltonian moment.”
Full ArticleThe Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow
Released for Syndication: 06/03/2020