Is Economics Promoting Inequality?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economic-focus-on-self-interest-is-fueling-inequality-and-undermining-cooperation-by-kaushik-basu-2025-10
Mainstream economics has often underestimated the critical role of trust and cooperation in enabling prosperity. As a result, it has justified and even encouraged the greed, exploitation, and extreme inequality that are eroding political accountability, contributing to rising nationalism, and undermining human well-being.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economic-focus-on-self-interest-is-fueling-inequality-and-undermining-cooperation-by-kaushik-basu-2025-10
Mainstream economics has often underestimated the critical role of trust and cooperation in enabling prosperity. As a result, it has justified and even encouraged the greed, exploitation, and extreme inequality that are eroding political accountability, contributing to rising nationalism, and undermining human well-being.