Inspired by Dani Rodrik formulations of trillemmas, we set up a model to explain what we are seeing in the data. It is not inter-temporal, but captures some core intution why there may have been underinvestment in informational state capacity. We can only rationalise the policy…

Another example of unholy coalitions is Brexit. A lot of voters unhappy with austerity and its many spatially skewed consequences voted for it out of protest. Politicians found it easier to scapegoat immigrants than to explain that they had 'messed up' the transformation. And…

T/S: Evidence-based narratives

Absolutely convinced that we will have substantive debates in not too long about the boundaries of the state, firm and households.

T/S: Narrative Perturbations

I wanted to share an old paper -- that I still think is quite relevant. Unfortunately, the link on UK government website is not accessible anymore:

gov.uk/research-for-d…

But It still can be accessed via

web.archive.org/web/2023021205…

Same. Committing to 1-2 years of pre-doc and 5-6 years of PhD is a tough call for smart kids from low-income families who feel like they have to contribute, rather than take from the family pot. And our profession is worse for it.

It always appears to be a game of whack-a-mole.