Political economy is a branch of social sciences that studies the relationship between politics and the economy and how each influences the other. What Is Political Economy? Political economy is a ...

The U.S. economy has experienced many recessions but ... poverty, hunger, and political unrest. Consumer spending and business investment dried up. U.S. unemployment reached a level of just ...

the balance between capitalism and socialism in a mixed economy is a constantly moving target. Part of the dynamism is due to political environments; part is because governments will often respond ...

I have a new paper out critiquing the "Law and Political Economy" Project. The Hewlett Foundation funds the project, based at the Yale Law School, as part of its nine-figure war on "neoliberalism." ...

Just as the policy response to the 2007–08 financial crisis varied from country to country in line with local political economy conditions, so national policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic vary ...

Solutions will be harder to find while the two countries that make up almost half of the eurozone economy remain stuck in political paralysis well into 2025. Where once there was the so-called ...