globalinequality

 E very decision to impose a lockdown in a pandemic is a decision to sacrifice the economy in order to save lives, at least in the short-run...

F or the reasons that are too complicated to explain here (and perhaps also because you can read about them in my forthcoming book on how ...

  I will try to imitate my colleague @milescorak who nicely summarized his work and readings in 2021. Most of my work was on my forthcomi...

  A week ago, a friend asked me how was Christmas when I was growing up in Yugoslavia, in the 1960s. I said to   her: “Christmas was cancel...

  More than 100 nations’ presidents, prime ministers and kings will virtually meet at the Summit of Democracies on December 9 and 10.   It i...

  U ntil a friend asked me yesterday, I have not given much thought to the vaccine gap between rich and poor countries. My “line of business...

             D ennis Rasmussen’s book The infidel and the professor is a pleasure to read. It is an excellent introduction to the thinking ...