When making decisions under uncertainty, it is important to distinguish between the probability that a judgment is true and the confidence…
The patrons of Raphael, among the most powerful men in Europe, paid far more for his paintings than they did for those by most of his…
Next month, the US Department of the Treasury is due to submit to Congress its biannual report detailing which countries, if any, are…
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…
We propose that a key reason why the workplace gender revolution has stalled (England, 2010) is that work remains the site of masculinity…
While the GDP was intended by its originators as a measure of production, the absence of a measure of welfare in the national accounts has…
Toward a Just Society brings together a range of essays whose breadth reflects how Stiglitz has shaped modern economics. The contributions…
The US economy is doing well. But the next recession – and there is always another recession – could be very bad. The US Bureau of Economic…
The sense that recent technological advances have yielded considerable benefits for everyday life, as well as disappointment over measured…
This paper re-examines the relationship between population aging and economic growth. We confirm previous research such as Cutler, Poterba…