Urbanomics

Jacob Greenspon and Dani Rodrik have an illuminating paper analysing the levels and trends in the global distribution of authorship in econ...

The global response to Covid 19 has been a teachable moment illustrating the limited boundaries of our knowledge. Not even claims of having ...

1. The late Ezra Vogel compares Xi Jinping and Deng Xiaoping . He points to the need to evaluate them in their respective contexts.  Because...

Has the Indian economy left behind Covid 19 and recovered? I confess to being confused by headline indicators of economic recovery and anecd...

Alon Levy at Pedestrian Observations draws attention to the important point about lock-in effect in infrastructure projects . I cannot do an...

1.  FT reports   that Beijing is considering introducing property tax, China has expanded trials for a property tax, a decision that pitches...

Branko Milanovic's seminal work illustrated the importance of location (country of residence) as the biggest determinant of global inequ...