Urbanomics

This is a distillation of several posts in this blog on development and public policy.  The narrative often races far ahead of the reality. ...

In the context of the debate on formalisation of the economy, I have  written  that the transition will remain constrained by the demand for...

1. During the pandemic the US and Europe undertook contrasting approaches to support the labour market. There's no logic or theory that ...

In the context of describing the trajectory of scientific progress, Issac Newton is supposed to have said that  "we stand on the should...

Dani Rodrik and Joseph Stiglitz  have a paper that discusses the economic growth strategies available for developing countries today in ligh...

1. Is corporate governance overrated ? While equity investors ignore bad governance when it suits them, the irony is they don’t need to. Aca...

I have blogged  here  pointing to the work of English philosopher John Gray who makes the distinction between progress in the scientific and...