Economics – An Apology
Mainstream economics, it has been claimed, has failed rather miserably in recent years and needs an overhaul. True, most economists […]
Double Diversification with an Application to Iceland
With Per Magnus Wijkman. Published in S. Mahroum and Y. Al-Saleh (Eds.), Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies […]
Toward Greener Priorities: Madagascar
Joint article with Jean-Pascal N. Nganou, based on our longer paper.
Principal Components of Institutions, Diversification, and Growth
This chapter aims to reassess the cross-country interplay among economic performance, natural resources, and institutions, including inequality. We now assess […]
Diversifying and Benchmarking Madagascar
Because excessive specialization can be risky, diversification matters for sustainable development. A case study of Madagascar, this paper begins by […]
From Cultural Capital to Growth
Makes the case for music and visual arts as an important part of economic and social development.
Central Banks´ Mission Creep
Here I argue that central banks need to take a broader view of their mandate to keep inflation under control. […]
Singapore´s Mixed Success
Bibliography
Books in English Prosperity through Trade and Structural Reform, Festschrift in honour of Per Magnus Wijkman, edited by Emil Ems […]
Extra Small Countries Can Flourish
The North Atlantic fishing nations the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland are very small nations, but although they make up less […]