Introduction
With David Carrillo and Jón Ólafsson, The Icelandic Federalist Papers, Berkeley Public Policy Press, Berkeley, California, 2018.
Life-and-death inequality
Although people are living longer almost everywhere, life-expectancy figures in the US tell a more complicated story. Rich Americans can […]
Negative interest
It was at Princeton that I first met Hans Tson Söderström, in 1975. His host there was Professor William Branson, […]
From double diversification to efficiency and growth
The paper discusses economic and political diversification as two sides of the same coin, presenting them as parallel potential determinants […]
Sweden: From achievements to uncertainty
A quarter of a century ago the economic policies of Sweden’s Social Democrats faced harsh criticism from political opponents as […]
Democracy must prevail, always
Diversity is desirable in human affairs, as in nature. Most countries strive toward economic and political diversification. Economic diversification is […]
Dagens Nyheter
With Dan Lucas, on Iceland since the 2008 crash.
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 […]