Democracy under stress
Freedom House recently demoted the United States from top rank among the world´s democracies. The reasons given include ‘the cumulative […]
Spineless social democracy
Double diversification
There is a cross-country relationship between economic performance and both economic and political diversification. This column presents global evidence that […]
Which Conflicts Can the European Neighbourhood Policy Help Resolve?
With Per Magnus Wijkman, in Bent Jesper Christensen and Carsten Kowalczyk (eds.), Globalization: Strategies and Effects, Springer Verlag, 2017.
Digital Tools and the Derailment of Iceland´s New Constitution
With Anne Meuwese, in Corien Prins, Peter Lindseth, Monica Guisse and Colette Cuijpers (eds.), Digital Democracy in a Globalized World, […]
Efficiency, Fairness, and Social Cohesion in Europe and the United States: Incomes, Hours of Work, and Equality with an Afterthought on Iceland
In Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Sustainable Growth in the EU: Challenges and Solutions, under a shorter title (“Incomes, Hours of Work, […]
Iceland´s new constitution is not solely a local concern
This paper analyzes the constitutional impasse in Iceland where, after the financial collapse of 2008, Parliament convened a National Assembly […]
Iceland and Ireland, eight years on
Iceland’s financial system, you may not remember, blew apart in spectacular fashion, with the country’s banks left owing their creditors […]
Economic performance in two dimensions: How Europe beats the US
One-dimensional indicators such as GNI per capita are known to be flawed measures of wellbeing. The Human Development Index (HDI) […]
Diversification, Dutch Disease, and Economic Growth: Options for Uganda
With Jean-Pascal Nguessa Nganou, inS. Mahroum og Y. Al-Saleh (eds.), Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies.