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
This article tells the story of Lee Kuan Yew when he was asked to explain the economic success of Singapore. […]
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 […]
G7 versus the BRICS: taking stock in 12 figures
Can China and Russia offer an alternative social model to the universal norms they reject? The evidence says no.
Balancing natural resources and human and social capital: Pathways to economic diversification in Mongolia
Paper on Mongolia which grew out of my work with Jean-Pascal N. Nganou for the World Bank. Forthcoming in Comparative […]
A tale of two countries: Belarus and Lithuania
With Eduard Hochreiter. In 1991, Belarus did not join the Baltic states in striking out independently from the Soviet Union. […]
Norway: it´s time for a more ethical exploitation of O&G resources
With Arne Jon Isachsen, also in Italian
Ukraine’s future prosperity: What can be learned from Poland
With Eduard Hochreiter and Tadeusz Kowalski.