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
Ásamt Jean-Pascal Nguessa Nganou, í S. Mahroum og Y. Al-Saleh (ritstj.), Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies.
Iceland’s citizen constitution: The window remains wide open
Historical evidence suggests that, with few exceptions, it takes a crisis to write or revise a country’s constitution. Iceland fits […]
Constitution on Ice
Í Valur Ingimundarson, Philipe Urfalino og Irma Erlingsdóttir (ritstj.), Iceland’s Financial Crisis: The Politics of Blame, Protest, and Reconstruction, Routledge, London, England.
The EU’s open arms and small states
Recent events notwithstanding, all things considered, the European Union has proved to be a brilliant success along several dimensions. This […]
Iceland: Window remains wide-open
Historical evidence suggests that, with few exceptions, it takes a crisis to write or revise a country’s constitution. Iceland fits […]
Around the world with Irving Fisher
With Helgi Tómasson and Gylfi Zoega. This paper aims to show why Irving Fisher’s own data on interest rates and […]
Misnomers
There is a lot in a name. This column looks at the ideas that are wrongly attributed to Irving Fisher […]
Iceland´s seven meager years
Seven years after its crisis, Iceland has staged an economic recovery. This column suggests that despite its overall success, the […]
Social capital, inequality, and economic crisis
Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several […]