Tag: Economics
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Is the Dollar Standard Ending?
Prophesies decrying the eschaton of the dollar have proven rash and delusional. Is this time different?
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The DAO of (Risk) Capital
Thousands of strangers recently came together to bid on an original copy of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s. I was one of them.
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Favorite Books of 2020
Nine of my favorite reads from 2020.
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Globalization in the Age of American Primacy
A syllabus for an international political economy course I developed in 2016.
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The Wealth of Nations
Who’s wealthier, a Maasai elder or your average American?
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Intangible Assets
Brief thoughts on the rise of the intangible economy
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The Death of Graduate School?
Is Congress to blame for the “death of graduate school” or is it universities’ failure to heed price signals? Read →
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Technological Acceleration and the Wet Noodle of Monetary Policy
The American boy of 1854 stood nearer the year 1 than to the year 1900. The education he had received bore little relation to the education he needed. Speaking as an American of 1900, he had as yet no education at all. He knew not even where or how to begin.1 If science were to…
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QE & Inequality
Why Quantitative Easing increased inequality, and we knew it would ex ante Read →
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The Reckoning
Unsustainable economic trends will lead to populist politics and demagogues (Jan 2014) Read →