"Hoy tenemos una ciudad más segura pero con un crimen organizado más poderoso" Al aire está conversación con el investigador de la economía del crimen Santiago Tobón (Santiago Tobón)!

A new look at Magna Carta to Glorious Revolution.

You know, as an economist living in the UK, every time I pass Milton Keynes station I have a strange feeling

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Evidence on the impact of NAFTA in Mexico shows that Mexican consumers benefited through lower prices, while Mexican producers benefited from larger profit margins due to lower input prices and higher markups. Read today's article to learn more: x.com/vox_dev/status…

Much of today’s debate about AI centers on whether it can truly think—especially when it comes to solving complex problems. This is, of course, an important question. But in my view, it’s overemphasized. If we take the long view of human history, what truly set us apart is not

I just passed my viva!! PhDone :) Thanks a lot to my amazing reviewers Guillaume Blanc JP Faguet and Akos Valentinyi!! Of course, a big thanks to my supervisor 𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮 So happy!!

1/ Why do far-right parties thrive in prosperous regions? In my new article in Contemporary Italian Politics, I examine the paradox of the Lega Nord’s rise in wealthy Northern Italy, where economic success didn’t prevent, but fueled, anti-system politics. doi.org/10.1080/232488…

Very well done Nicholas! And well deserved!

Thank you for your comments and suggestions Jean Paul !

30 years later and they sound exactly the same

Brian Albrecht (Brian Albrecht) consistently offers some of the sharpest takes on basic economics on X. His recent post is a gem: 🔗 economicforces.xyz/p/will-ai-skyr… Brian makes a simple but essential point, one I’ve tried (and failed) to make thousands of times when talking about

Come on Niall Ferguson, this is nonsense. Sure, we can and shall criticize the state of economics, but this is not it. What does it even mean for economics to be “ecological”? And how would that make it a better discipline? The idea that universities teach only “neoclassical chicken”

There has been some recent debate about mainstream economics, sparked by a superficial critique published in the Wall Street Journal. I responded to that a few days ago, but I would now like to take a moment to explain what economics is today.

Glad to see Yuzuru's paper forthcoming Argument: Tokugawa Japan had relatively low land inequality, which made people exceptionally poor, whereas W. Europe was much more unequal which gave it higher living standards. (This may seem paradoxical to some people but it's not really)

Presupuesto desfinanciado. Regla fiscal suspendida. ¿Ruptura con la tradición de estabilidad macro? ¿Es solo Petro o algo más profundo cambió? ¿Y la tecnocracia, qué papel jugará ahora? Mi columna esta semana en La Silla Vacía: 👉 lasillavacia.com/opinion/cronic…

Are academic conferences a waste of taxpayer money? How #econhist can help us answer this question: ourlongwalk.com/p/how-ideas-fl…

Finalmente me aceptaron mi paper sobre dictaduras latinoamericanas y preferencias politicoideologicas en Economia LACEA Journal , sale hilo en español

Thanks John B. Holbein for sharing our paper! We show that in non market economies, economic crises lead to disillusionment from socialism and increased support for free markets. Check it out!