https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Sun, 23 Jan 2022 07:49:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/coal-climate-and-the-circle-of-injustice/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/coal-climate-and-the-circle-of-injustice/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:54:57 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=28926

First there were slaves, then there were coal-fired machines, then there was climate change wreaking havoc on the descendants of the slaves. Jeremy Williams goes around a vicious circle. Friday … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/coal-climate-and-the-circle-of-injustice/feed/ 1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/an-ideal-economist/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/an-ideal-economist/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:08:58 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=28891

Alex M. Thomas introduces the Indian economist, Krishna Bharadwaj. There are few economists who have made stellar contributions to theory, history and empirics. Rarer is the same individual making lasting … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/an-ideal-economist/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/farming-a-womans-work/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/farming-a-womans-work/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:53:09 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=28888

Yashaswi Shetty and Hamza Ahmad, describe how women in India’s agricultural sector are pushing back barriers to their recognition and security. Surinder Kaur is a member of the Kisan Sabha … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/farming-a-womans-work/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-realities-of-artificial-intelligence/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-realities-of-artificial-intelligence/#respond Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:09:46 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=28299

Tania Duarte explains why, in post-Brexit UK, the scrutiny of ethics in advanced tech cannot be left to companies or governments. We have all been made keenly aware of the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-realities-of-artificial-intelligence/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/algorithm-and-blues-whos-tune-do-we-dance-to/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/algorithm-and-blues-whos-tune-do-we-dance-to/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2021 06:41:20 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=28261

Artificial intelligence rarely gets it wrong – it’s the culture that programmed it that’s messed up, says Madhavi Venkatesan. I have become accustomed to my smart phone alerting me in … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/algorithm-and-blues-whos-tune-do-we-dance-to/feed/ 3 https://www.themintmagazine.com/deforestation-the-route-away/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/deforestation-the-route-away/#respond Sun, 28 Mar 2021 14:49:35 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27883

Without robust due diligence, financial institutions will continue to fund soy-driven deforestation. By Daniel Jones. Late last year, the UK government announced “world-leading new measures” to protect rainforests. Enshrined in … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/deforestation-the-route-away/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/power-dont-mention-it/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/power-dont-mention-it/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:35:44 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27869

Do economists speak their mind or mind what they speak? Blair Fix interprets. Economists of all nationalities, when speaking about their area of expertise, have their own words and ways … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/power-dont-mention-it/feed/ 2 https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-economics-of-corruption-and-the-corruption-of-economics/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-economics-of-corruption-and-the-corruption-of-economics/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:26:40 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27844

The true meaning of corruption has been distorted, leaving research, policy and the public to allow it to continue unchecked. Geoffrey M. Hodgson explains. Some authors – particularly economists – … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-economics-of-corruption-and-the-corruption-of-economics/feed/ 1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/colonial-economics/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/colonial-economics/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:35:26 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27258

Post pandemic, which issues need to be added and reincorporated into the development economics curriculum? Kevin Deane asks. There is a strong argument that Covid  is not an external shock … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/colonial-economics/feed/ 1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/three-forgotten-lessons-about-the-circular-economy/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/three-forgotten-lessons-about-the-circular-economy/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:31:29 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27262

A circular economy requires a more holistic view of the economy (image by Tony Biddle 2020). Emma Fromberg retrieves some earlier wisdom. I vividly remember the first time that the idea … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/three-forgotten-lessons-about-the-circular-economy/feed/ 1