I n the epilogue of their blockbuster book Mostly Harmless Econometrics (2009), Josh Angrist and Steve Pischke write, “If applied econometrics were easy, theorists would do it.” As academic jokes go, ...

On college campuses today, the reigning principle behind most academic matters is to avoid meddling in the affairs of others. Beyond very broad curricular requirements, we are meant to allow experts ...

A very strong case could be made that the most influential economist in the world in recent decades has been Arthur Laffer. Ever since the 1970s, Laffer has been at the tip of the spear of the global ...

THE ECONOMIC reforms of Ronald Reagan in America and Margret Thatcher in Britain in the 1980s unleashed the power of the private sector for economic growth. The deregulation and privatisations that ...

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Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more ...

Vol. 48, No. 2, SYMPOSIUM: Two Centuries of Economic Growth: Latin America at its Bicentennial Celebration (NOVEMBER 2011), pp. 181-198 (18 pages) Using modern growth theory, we estimate Colombian ...