Is the Private Credit Boom Going Bust? Brian Judge warns that the financial system is increasingly exposed to complex deals that few can assess.

Brian Judge on the dangers of private credit markets . . .

My amazingly talented nephew Natti Vogel has just pre-released his new album. Check it out!

The Predistribution Solution - Roosevelt Institute Introduction This policy brief analyzes the American political economy past and present through the lens of “predistribution.” Predistribution policies seek to achieve greater equality in opportunitie...

The Democratic Party needs a bold economic vision for a better future. @sunnysmalhotra.bsky.social and I propose the predistribution solution.

Want a bold economic program for the US? Well, Martin Carnoy, Michael Reich, and Derek Shearer have a pretty good one . . .
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Letter | America’s Long Game Is International Education What happens if we stop investing in language learning, cultural fluency, and global knowledge?

America's Long Game is International Education. An important letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education from Penny Edwards (UC Berkeley) and other directors of East Asian studies centers.
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Toward an Interdisciplinary Political Economy of Wages - Steven K. Vogel, 2025 This article reviews how some social scientists have transcended disciplinary boundaries in their scholarship on wage formation and proposes specific pathways f...

What determines how much you get paid? I started to think about this a few years ago, and that led me on a winding path through labor economics textbooks and sociological research and eventually resulted in this piece just out (open access) in Politics & Society.
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The Designated Emphasis in Political Economy - Political Economy - University of CA Berkeley The Designated Emphasis in Political Economy - Political Economy - University of California, Berkeley

Considering a PhD in political economy? Or advising students who might be? We think we have found the right formula. Candidates apply to the department of their choice and then they can join an incredible interdisciplinary community by adding a "designated emphasis" in political economy.