Economics and Policy

David Leonhardt is senior writer at the New York Times, where he writes its flagship newsletter, “The Morning,” and author of the important new book, Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream. 

New CBS research suggests how corporate powers can overcome non-market forces and create success for the future of capitalism.

The president-elect, a populist, pledges radical reforms, leaving the economic future of the region uncertain, says Professor Brett House.

Mark Zandi from Moody’s Analytics visits CBS to talk interest rates, the US credit rating, and advice for success in the field of finance.

Andrea Jung is the president and CEO of Grameen America, the fastest growing microfinance organization in the United States.

With China's economic growth slowing at the same time that its emissions continue to rise, it is clear that its carbon-intensive investment model has run its course. Chinese leaders urgently need to follow advanced economies in shifting toward greater domestic consumption and reduced energy demand.

Across (and sometimes even within) academic disciplines, no topic under the broad umbrella of climate economics tolerates quite so large a gap between facts and dogma, and between the power of a seemingly simple idea on the one hand and raw political power on the other.

CBS's Professor Pierre Yared on how higher prices may be here to stay in today's economy.

Co-authored by John B. Donaldson of Columbia Business School, “The Macroeconomics of Stakeholder Equilibria,” proposes a model for a purely private, mutually beneficial financial agreement between worker and firm that keeps decision-making in the hands of stockholders while improving the employment contract for employees.  

The paper from Columbia Business School, “The impact of paid family leave on employers: evidence from New York,” explores the impact of paid family leave on employer ratings of employee performance and the ease of handling employee absences. The study was co-authored by Ann P. Bartel of Columbia Business School.