How many times have we heard that the nation state is passé? That borders have disappeared, that distance is dead, that the Earth is flat,…
In December, I traveled to Turkey with my wife and young son, as we do every year during winter break. This time, though, we had more than…
American fiscal policy has been procyclical: Washington wasted the expansion period 2001-2007 by running budget deficits, but by 2011 had…
Perhaps the most striking finding in the United Nations' recent 20th anniversary Human Development Report is the outstanding performance of…
Historically, many countries have suffered a pattern of procyclical fiscal policy: spending too much in booms and then forced to cut back…
By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light on the important…
Book abstract: How have monetary policies matured during the last decade?
The recent downturn in economies worldwide have put monetary…
The relationship between a nation's politics and its economic prospects is one of the most fundamental, and most studied, subjects in all…
How many times have we heard that the nation state is passé? That borders have disappeared, that distance is dead, that the Earth is flat,…
In his acceptance speech as Chairman of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in February 2010, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi…