In editing two papers on Asian American immigration for the Winter 2026 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives (where I work as Managing Editor), I found myself musing over two alternative histories: one about more such immigration, one about less. Hannah Postel describes “Asian Immigration to the United States in Historical Perspective” (Journal of Economic…
Asian Americans: Two Alternate Histories
Asian Americans: Two Alternate Histories
10 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in labour economics, human capital, labour supply, economic history Tags: China, Japan, economics of immigration, The Philippines
Filipino – The National Language of the Philippines (Tagalog)
15 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages, The Philippines
The Philippines’ Geographic Challenge
26 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, Public Choice Tags: The Philippines
Philippine rankings for governance and business environment
12 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics Tags: doing business, The Philippines
Making one miracle: Philippine and South Korean real GDP per capita since 1950
05 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: South Korea, The Philippines
About 20 years ago, Robert Lucas reminded that in 1960 the Philippines and South Korea were at the same level of economic development. What followed for one was an economic miracle while the other the other grew at the same average pace as other developing countries is the central puzzle for the economics of economic growth.
Source: The Conference Board. 2015. The Conference Board Total Economy Database™, May 2015, http://www.conference-board.org/data/economydatabase/
Source: Robert E. Lucas Jr. “Making a Miracle” Econometrica (1993).
The real-estate surge in the Philippines
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, urban economics Tags: The Philippines
The real-estate surge in the Philippines is breaking records on.wsj.com/1N6E80U http://t.co/WnWWNx1CiN—
Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 08, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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