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Editorial

Opinions: Academia Should Question Its Foundations

March 22, 2017

The social sciences are rarely interested in investigating their foundations. By accepting the initial assumptions and standard methodologies that make up these foundations, academics are able to undertake the “real work” of, say, forecasting economic […]

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Resist the Dakota Access Pipeline

November 16, 2016

Protests against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL, have been underway for seven months now. The controversial 3.7 billion dollar, 1,200-mile project — which will link oil production sites in North Dakota and […]

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Federal Reserve policy shows unstable capitalism

September 19, 2016

For the last seven years our central bank — the Federal Reserve — pursued a monetary policy called quantitative easing, which is its response to the ongoing economic crisis. While the Fed’s policy might seem […]