Dirk Philipsen
Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, US
Dirk Philipsen is associate research professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University in North Carolina. He is also a senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. His most recent book is The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do About It (Princeton, 2015/17).
Written by Dirk Philipsen
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Poverty and development
Poverty is not permanent
By understanding the pernicious myths surrounding poverty, we can make progress towards a lofty goal: dignity for all
Anirudh Krishna & Dirk Philipsen
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Economic history
Economics for the people
Against the capitalist creeds of scarcity and self-interest, a plan for humanity’s shared flourishing is finally coming into view
Dirk Philipsen
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Economics
Private gain must no longer be allowed to elbow out the public good
Dirk Philipsen