After a patently sham trial, a Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to more than 300 military officers convicted of…
Why do countries find it so hard to get their budget deficits under control? Systematic patterns in the errors that official budget…
Politicians, particularly Republican candidates, among them Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, like to emphasize the importance of individual…
The purpose of this essay has not been to provide China with a detailed list of all of the things that the country must do to maintain a…
Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…
Throughout history, major political and economic shocks have often occurred in August, when leaders have gone on vacation believing that…
Many reform initiatives in developing countries fail to achieve sustained improvements in
performance because they are merely isomorphic…
The world's advanced economies remain divided over whether to strengthen budget balances in the short term or to use fiscal policy to…
This paper examines whether social interactions and cultural practices affect political views
and behavior in society. We investigate the…
Learning profiles that track changes in student skills per year of schooling often find shockingly
low learning gains. Using data from…