Economic and Political Diversification and How It Relates to Growth
Lecture at the 22nd Dubrovnik Economic Conference hosted by the Croatian National Bank in Dubrovnik 13-14 June 2016.
From Diversification to Growth
Presentation at a High-level Seminar on Natural Resources, Finance, and Growth organized by the Bank of Algeria and held in […]
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 […]
Chain of Legitimacy: Constitution Making in Iceland
Presentation at a conference on Perspectives on Constituent Assemblies hosted by the Institute of Religion, Culture and Public Life at […]
From Diversification to Growth
Research seminar presentation at Roosevelt House, Hunter College, City University of New York. FDR and Eleanor lived for a while […]
Misnomers
There is a lot in a name. This column looks at the ideas that are wrongly attributed to Irving Fisher […]
Economic Diversification
Presentation at CESifo Area Conference on Macro, Money and International Finance in Munich 26-27 February 2016.
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 […]