Defending the One Percent. N. Gregory Mankiw, 2013, . "Imagine a society with perfect economic equality. Perhaps out of sheer coincidence,…
Shifting Mandates: The Federal Reserve's First Centennial. Kenneth Rogoff, 2013, Paper. "The Federal Reserve's mandate has evolved…
In the past, industrial countries have tended to pursue countercyclical or, at worst, acyclical fiscal policy. In sharp contrast, emerging…
International Prices and Exchange Rates. Gita Gopinath, January 2013, Paper. "We survey the recent empirical and theoretical…
The End of Inequality in Europe? Jason Beckfield, 2013, Paper. "The level of income inequality within European nations has been increasing…
Charlie Rose Talks to Kenneth Rogoff. Kenneth Rogoff, December 20, 2012, Opinion. "It’s almost 2013. What do you expect to see,…
Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930. Aldo Musacchio, December 18, 2012…
Sooner or later the U.S. tax code will be reformed. Probably sooner. Raising revenue will be the main motivation, but issues of fairness as…
There are very few “teaching moments” in politics, but the drama surrounding the current debate over the fiscal cliff is one of them. As it…
Conventional wisdom calls the 2012 presidential race the “demographic election,” attributing President Obama’s victory in large part to his…