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Too closed for comfort

—VoxEU—22. Feb, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic raises several vital questions. Why has Sweden thus far suffered so many more deaths relative to population […]

—VoxEU—19. Feb, 2020

In recent decades, the decay of social capital in its several manifestations has become a serious, evidence-based concern, brilliantly captured […]

—Challenge—3. Jan, 2020

The great continent of Africa is showing signs of true economic growth and prospects for improved incomes for tens of […]

—Forlagið—3. Jun, 2019

— ifo DICE Report —3. Feb, 2019

Abstract This article takes you on a quick tour of international cross-sectional data on equality, democracy, public health, and economic […]

—Springer—21. Jan, 2019

In Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Yearning for Inclusive Growth and Development, Good Jobs and Sustainability, Springer 2019. Abstract This paper aims […]

—Nordic Economic Policy Review—3. Jan, 2019

Comment on a paper by Katinka Holtsmark

—Verfassungsblog—29. Nov, 2018

Relative to its rapid progress during 1990–2000, democracy has been in decline around the globe since 2000, even within the EU. Freedom House has […]

—Social Europe—26. Nov, 2018

There was a time, not long ago, when most economists did not consider inequality in the distribution of income and […]

—Springer—18. Oct, 2018

Kafli í Robert Z. Aliber og Gylfi Zoega (ritstj.), The 2008 Global Financial Crisis in Retrospect, Palgrave, 2019. Abstract This study discusses […]