When George HW Bush was laid to rest last week, the encomiums appropriately remarked on his general decency and competence, which tended to…
At the turn of this century, most economists in the developed world believed that major economic disasters were a thing of the past, or at…
Donald Trump’s election and his nomination of Scott Pruitt, a climate skeptic, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency drastically…
An uncomfortable truth for American economists is that they have limited influence on economic policy. Take trade, for example. Anyone who…
The 40th anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration gave the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health an opportunity to assess progress…
California’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program is a key element of the suite of policies the State has adopted to achieve its…
Toward a Just Society brings together a range of essays whose breadth reflects how Stiglitz has shaped modern economics. The contributions…
This paper re-examines the relationship between population aging and economic growth. We confirm previous research such as Cutler, Poterba…
Market measures suggest banks are as risky as they were in the pre-crisis period. This appears attributable to a decrease in bank franchise…
Secular stagnation theory has developed substantially recently and offers substantial insights that policymakers have yet to fully…