Leslie Rogne Schumacher, PhD, FRSA, FRHistS is a scholar of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. He currently serves at…
In Global Health 2050, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health concludes that dramatic improvements in human welfare are achievable by…
"One of the great virtues of human rights is that it's very alert to the dark side of human nature. All the human rights covenants are a…
Manufacturing jobs, once the backbone of the modern US economy, have declined as a share of GDP over recent decades, darkening…
Shipping has long been the invisible hand of world trade, propelling globalization and the growth of emerging economies. Ships move 90…
Workers without college degrees are being left behind. Since the 1980s, the gap between those at the top of the income spectrum and…
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and United States have implemented sanctions against Russia. But the nuts…
We study sovereign external debt crises over the past 200 years, with a focus on creditor losses, or “haircuts”. Our sample covers 327…
The future of developing countries lies in services. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services in particular must be an essential…
April 2024, Paper: "We study unanticipated tariffs in a setting with firm-to-firm supply relationships. Firms conduct costly searches and…