Category: Economics
Economist Joram Gicheru on implications of food security in Kenya on Trade
Economist Joram Gicheru on implications of food security in Kenya on Trade Read More: What is Ricardian Equivalence?
Making sale of raw milk illegal is Voodoo economics
If it’s true that the state wants to regulate sale of raw milk, that will kill the economy of many households. I must say that it will break millions of those families […]
Silvana Tenreyro
RSilvana Tenreyro Silvana Tenreyro is an economist who graduated from Tucuman she headed to Harvard where she helped set up a public policy think tank with the help of here fellow Argentine […]
JIBRAN QUREISHI STANBIC
JIBRAN QUREISHI STANBIC Jibran Qureishi currently works as regional East African economist for Stanbic Bank. He conducts a lot of research on Macroeconomics in Africa. Jibran Qureishi research findings provides a lot of […]
Irving Fisher
Irving Fisher Irving Fisher was one of the greatest American economists who made USD$10 million from stock trading and later lost it all during the 1929 Great Depression. Read More: Douglas North […]
Douglas North on role of strong institutions in economic development
Douglas North on role of strong institutions in economic development Douglas North is an economist who dedicated most of his working life towards understanding the role of institution in economic development. “Douglas […]
Jeff Bezos Interview
Jeff Bezos Interview Read More: Douglas North on the role of strong institutions in Economic Development
Tyler Cowen of Mercatus Center announced Fellowship for Great Policy Ideas
Tyler Cowen of Mercatus Center announced Fellowship for Great Policy Ideas Tyler Cowen, the General Director of Mercatus Center, announced the launch of Emergent Ventures Fellowship. This was announced during a Mercatus […]
Biography of Henry Stuart Hazlitt
Biography of Henry Stuart Hazlitt Henry Stuart Hazlitt was a leading American journalist who lived between 1894 and 1993. He wrote largely on business and economics. He had authored great articles for […]
David M. Blitzer, PhD
This is a profile of David Blitzer of S&P Global. In this series we highlight the profiles of economist who are making a contributions towards helping us understand how the world works.
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMETRICS Econometrics is a combination of economy, statistics and mathematics. Read More: Rising influence of social media on politics
Should money be abolished?
Should money be abolished? “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many […]
Stefan Pichler and Nicholas Robert article on Paid sick leave
Stefan Pichler and Nicholas Robert article on Paid sick leave Stefan Pichler and Nicholas Robert have written a great article on paid sick leave. The authors took a detailed look on the […]
Now an Economic Superstar, German was once referred to as the “Sick man of Europe”
Now an Economic Superstar, German was once referred to as the “Sick man of Europe” There is a time German was referred to as “the sick man of Europe” but all that […]
Dr. Thomas Sowell economist
Dr. Thomas Sowell economist Dr. Thomas Sowell was a syndicated economist for many years. He was also an academic economist. In most of his literary work, he writes about economics. Dr. Thomas […]
Making sense of cryptocurrencies
Making sense of cryptocurrencies Prof Antonio Fatas who teaches Economics at INSEAD and his co-author Beatrice Weder di Mauro have penned a wonderful article on VOX. They argue that economists do not […]
Inherited wealth in Germany
Inherited wealth in Germany Thomas Piketty, the French economist, calculates that more than half of total wealth in Germany today is inherited — an estimate confirmed by German economists. In the 1960s […]
Japan Labor Shortage
Japan Labor Shortage Masayuki Morikawa, the Vice President at The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) has published his research titled: “Hidden Inflation: Japan labor Shortage and erosion of quality services. […]
United States Mothers Earn Less, their Education and Experience Notwithstanding
United States Mothers Earn Less, their Education and Experience Notwithstanding The Washington Center for Equitable Growth has published a great blog article providing evidence that mothers in USA earn less their education […]
MANIPULATING CURRENCY DOES NOT WORK IN OPEN ECONOMY CONCEPT
MANIPULATING CURRENCY DOES NOT WORK IN OPEN ECONOMY CONCEPT All this proves that currency wars are useless in open economies. Central planners and their batteries of Keynesian analysts are surprised that economies do not […]
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Indian Billionaire Rekha Jhunjhunwala
Rekha Jhunjhunwala has a net worth of $8.7 billion. She inherited some stock portfolio from her late husband Rakesh Jhunjhunwala who was popularly known as India’s Warren Buffet. The late Jhunjhunwala […]