Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
Authoritarian populists have disrupted politics in many societies, as exemplified by Donald Trump in the U.S. and Brexit in the UK.
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Our Digital Lives Don’t Need to Make Us Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unwise
Fifty five years ago this month, America reached a hazardous milestone: “peak tobacco.” Men and women that year smoked more cigarettes than ever before recorded—523 billion of them.
Sovereign Bonds since Waterloo
This paper studies external sovereign bonds as an asset class.
Singapore 50 years ago, and now: An Asian middle way?
A Harvard professor with a long acquaintance with Singapore reflects on its socialist roots and says it should continue to show the world a middle way.
Informational Inequity Aversion and Performance
In labor markets, some individuals have, or believe to have, less data on the determinants of success than others, e.g., due to differential access to technology or role models.
Descriptive Norms and Gender Diversity: Reactance from Men
Descriptive norms provide social information on others’ typical behaviors and have been shown to lead to prescriptive outcomes by “nudging” individuals towards norm compliance in numerous settings.
Gender, Social Networks and Conflict Processes
War is an inherently social process, from the mobilization of new, armed organizations, to the relational aftershocks of violence affecting families and local communities.
Lessons from Estonia on Digital Government
What Canada can learn from a tiny country that devised a coordinated, efficient system to serve its citizens using what’s called platform government.
Why Some Countries Are Pathologically Shy
In my last column, I explored the various reasons why states can become overcommitted yet unable to extricate themselves from costly endeavors that are no longer worth the effort.
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