Global Currents

Economics has an elitism problem

A handful of elite universities control the discipline. That’s not excellence — it’s monopoly.

Oct 30 • 

Jostein Hauge

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When hegemony masquerades as “common sense”: the US narrative war on China

US discourse casts China as a villain to sustain its global dominance

Oct 23 • 

Jostein Hauge

46

5

August 2025

The climate crisis won't be solved by tinkering with markets

It's time for a more progressive approach to green industrial policy

Aug 11 • 

Jostein Hauge

19

5

How economics lost its soul

Universities are training economists who can build models but don't understand the economy

Aug 4 • 

Jostein Hauge

165

32

July 2025

China is fundamentally socialist, not capitalist

In socialist economies, the interests of private capital don't prevail over the interests of the ruling party

Jul 29 • 

Jostein Hauge

26

3

Technology "theft" is a myth

Jurassic World Rebirth has an important moral lesson: technology should be shared, not protected

Jul 24 • 

Jostein Hauge

13

5

Yes, China is a climate champion

How the world's largest emitter is actually leading global decarbonization

Jul 10 • 

Jostein Hauge

15

May 2025

The great decoupling

Trump's tariffs are driving the world away from US leadership

May 21 • 

Jostein Hauge

25

1

April 2025

Embracing China's economic rise

The world stands to gain from China's growth, despite the alarmist rhetoric

Apr 30 • 

Jostein Hauge

88

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