Thomas J Sargent in conversation with Shekhar Shah
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, development economics, economic growth, economic history, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: Thomas Sargent
16th SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics – Robert E. Lucas, JR
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in business cycles, development economics, economic growth, economic history, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas
Everything is on Sale Compared to 1979
10 May 2018 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history Tags: The Great Enrichment
Accurate statistics matter
02 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Enrichment

Francis Fukuyama and Charles Murray on “Inequality and Populism”
25 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: Charles Murray, The Great Enrichment
Still waiting for the growth dividend of the education boom
15 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, macroeconomics Tags: endogenous growth theory

What Was the Industrial Revolution? Robert E. Lucas Jr.
25 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice Tags: industrial revolution
Why is the reduction in GDP levels so small? @GreenpeaceNZ @Oxfamnz
30 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, climate change, economic growth, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
The global reduction in the level of GDP between now and 2060 is estimated to range between 0.6% and 4.4% if nothing is done. In the case of developing countries undergoing growth miracles, we are all talking about 6 months GDP growth! Russia and Canada will be overrun by tourists in the event of runaway climate change.

Source: The Economic Consequences of Climate Change The damages from selected climate change impacts to 2060 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264235410-5-en

Edward C Prescott on the EU, business cycles and European economic research
07 May 2017 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, Edward Prescott, macroeconomics Tags: real business cycle theory
The wage bump from 1% Oz company tax cut @TheAusInstitute @GrattanInst @JordNZ
31 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in economic growth, fiscal policy, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, public economics Tags: company tax incidence, endogenous growth theory, optimal tax theory
How wasteful is the Oz company tax? @TheAusInstitute @GrattanInst
30 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
Source: The incidence of company tax in Australia, Xavier Rimmer, Jazmine Smith and Sebastian Wende, Australian Treasury working paper.
Business Cycles – Edward C. Prescott
25 Mar 2017 Leave a comment
in business cycles, development economics, economic growth, economic history, financial economics, fiscal policy, macroeconomics Tags: Edward Prescott, real business cycles

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