March 2018, Paper: "We use a new trade dataset showing that nineteenth century Sub-Saharan Africa experienced a terms of trade boom…
New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy. Sophus Reinert, 2018, Book, "This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent…
Continuing Relevance of Secular Stagnation. Lawrence Summers, March 13, 2018, Paper, "With the election of Donald Trump, increases in…
Kenneth Rogoff concerned by the dark side of the technology revolution. Kenneth Rogoff, March 9, 2018, Video, "Harvard University economics…
Trump’s Trade Gimmickry. Dani Rodrik, March 9, 2018, Opinion, "The imbalances and inequities generated by the global economy cannot be…
What makes gig economy workers anxious? Lawrence Katz, March 8, 2018, Audio, "What do freelance writers, IT consultants and Mary Kay…
Saving the heartland: Place-based policies in 21st Century America. Edward Glaeser, Lawrence Summers, March 8, 2018, Paper, "America’s…
We use literacy data available in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 129 survey rounds, across 54 countries, to estimate the…