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Paulo dos Santos

Paulo L. dos Santos is a political economist working as Assistant Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. His research interests include contemporary financial practices, the role of finance in economic development, monetary theory, and Classical approaches to economic analysis. His recent work centers on the use of concepts and tools from information theory in formal observational inquiry into the functioning and social content of complex economic systems. His work has appeared in the JPKE, Complexity, Economic Letters, Contributions to Political Economy, and Development and Change among others.

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Beyond the Dollar

Article By Paulo dos Santos | Oct 24, 2018

The current international monetary system is costly, unfair, and risky. “Economic nationalism” and deregulation in the U.S. will make it worse. A multilateral alternative is needed.