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DT Cochrane and I look at the network of corporate power behind Canada’s richest families.

With my postdoctoral fellowship wrapping up, I muse about what comes next.

I’m sick of the AI hype and scaremongering. The idea that AI could take over the world is laughable.

Twitter trolls don’t think much of my chart relating income inequality to murder rates. Here’s a detailed response.

How do you tell the story of plutocratic crime? If you’re Cory Doctorow, you write a detective novel about a forensic accountant. It’s a must-read book that sheds light on the often-ignored world of elite finance.

Nitzan and Bichler show that the ratio of net interest to profit is strongly related to the rate of unemployment. Here’s my take on their research, along with some data updates.

Do higher interest rate increase unemployment? I look at the evidence and find it lacking.