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.
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
In Valur Ingimundarson, Philipe Urfalino, and Irma Erlingsdóttir (eds.), 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 […]
Social Capital and Crises with an Application to Iceland
Ch. 1 in Makropolitik i kris: En vänskrift till Lars Jonung med anledning av hans 70-årsdag Abstract Economic growth is […]