Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. hrvd.me/IntStudents25t

.Ricardo Hausmann and Eric Protzer 🇨🇦 for Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/tru…

In Foreign Policy, Ricardo Hausmann and I argue that Trump has massively undermined his trade war against China by alienating rather than working with Western allies foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/tru…

.Ricardo Hausmann kicks off our day-long workshop on economic complexity, geography, and innovation with his talk: Fermions and Bosons: A different source of economic divergence? growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/economic-compl…

Thanks to Harvard's Growth Lab for an amazing workshop on complexity and economic geography!

NEW on the Economics Observatory – Lagging regions: what can policy-makers learn from Wyoming? By Eric Protzer Eric Protzer 🇨🇦 buff.ly/HJLj3aH

JUST PUBLISHED – Lessons from Andalusia: how can policy-makers promote economic growth? By Jorge Tapia & Lucila Venturi Lucila Venturi buff.ly/8PgfK3e

New article with Jorge A. Tapia sharing insights from the Harvard's Growth Lab's work in Andalusia under the CREA Project. Grateful to Economics Observatory for the opportunity to publish some of our findings!

NEW ODD LOTS: It's the return of Ricardo Hausmann. He joined me and Tracy Alloway for a fascinating chat on understanding the trade war through the lens of economic complexity, the politics of trade, cities vs. rural economics, and more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ric…

Watch Ricardo Hausmann at Rencontres Économiques on the panel discussing "Latin America’s autonomy from the United States." 🗓️ July 5 🕓 16:15 - 17:15 CEST 🔗 Free registration for the live stream and complete program here ⬇️ lesrencontreseconomiques.fr/en/events/sess… #REAIX Le Cercle des économistes

.Ricardo Hausmann during his session on Latin America's autonomy: "What we are witnessing is a different experiment. We thought there were trade rules... but right now, the US is engaging in a one-by-one negotiation, weaponizing any leverage they have on you. What is your

This summer we welcome 29 interns to the Growth Lab team! Our interns will contribute to our ongoing research projects in Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Meghalaya, Morocco, New Mexico, Nigeria, and more. We look forward to sharing their experiences in our Student Stories blog.

We are collaborating with New Mexico’s NM Economic Development to deepen and strengthen its statewide diversification/resilience strategy, focusing on statewide challenges & distinct local issues across cities, towns, and tribal nations. As part of the “Cabinet In Your Community” initiative,

📢 Register now for our next research seminar, Measuring Chinese Innovation: 🗓️ Wednesday, July 30, 2025 🕥 10:30-11:45 AM 📍 R-429, HKS and Zoom Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, will discuss his papers "Creating the China Patent

Should economists be like architects or auditors? I doubt prospective students struggle to decide between the two: these studies cater to very different personalities. The world needs both professions but probably not in the same person. My Project Syndicate op-ed: project-syndicate.org/commentary/wha…

Appreciate the invitation to present our research on economic complexity and the value of the Atlas. cc: National Press Foundation

The green energy transition promises environmental benefits, but what are the social and economic impacts? In a recent "Seminars at Steamboat" event, Ricardo Hausmann shared the complete picture of renewable technologies and showed how smart public policy can maximize benefits