The Ideological Looking Glass
In her new book "Doppelganger," leftist writer and activist Naomi Klein seeks to make sense of our current political climate by exploring the “mirror world” of online conspiracy theories.
Research
Globalization and Factor Income Taxation
Exploiting a new global macro-historical database of effective tax rates, we uncover an intriguing pro-tax-capacity effect of international trade.
Glass Walls: Experimental Evidence on Constraints faced by Women in Accessing Valuable Skilling Opportunities
Experimental evidence from Pakistan shows distance poses a large and discontinuous access constraint: women with village-based training centers are four times more likely to access valued skilling opp
A serious case for dynamic scoring
Everyone from Mitt Romney to Barack Obama to Hilary Clinton to Marco Rubio to Donald Trump has voiced support for the idea that we should make green cards more easily available to foreign-born STEM gr
Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.
Is the era of zero interest rates gone for good?
Cost of borrowing will probably stay elevated for foreseeable future, making it harder for governments to service debts.
The New Economics of Industrial Policy
We discuss the considerable literature that has developed in recent years providing rigorous evidence on how industrial policies work.
The Reversal Problem: Development Going Backwards
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered the most synchronous economic downturn in more than a century.
Is the US Economy Headed for a Soft Landing?
Despite the confidence with which many analysts proclaim that a severe recession is inevitable, there is no reason to assume that the US economy will experience a major downturn this year or in 2024.
A more globally minded European green industrial policy
Industrial policy has for a long time raised difficult questions for policymakers to unpick.
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