From the latest issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, I recommend The Rise of Middle Kingdoms by Gordon H. Hanson.
Whereas high-income economies accounted for four-fifths of global trade in 1985, they will account for less than half by the middle of this decade.
The entire article is interesting.
Jun 27 2012
Don Peck writes, Today, American companies facing weak demand typically lay off workers, even though that decision can be costly down the road (rehiring and training are expensive). A work-sharing program would allow companies to instead make temporary, across-the-board reductions in hours worked by (and wages paid to...
Jun 27 2012
Philosophers spend a great deal of time crafting plausible exceptions to widely-accepted moral rules. Sure, murder is wrong. But what if you could murder a man on his death-bed to prevent a plane crash? What if you could smother the baby who grows up to be Adolf Hitler? What if you could prevent...
Jun 26 2012
From the latest issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, I recommend The Rise of Middle Kingdoms by Gordon H. Hanson. Whereas high-income economies accounted for four-fifths of global trade in 1985, they will account for less than half by the middle of this decade. The entire article is interesting.
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Bleebus
Jun 26 2012 at 2:38pm
Couldn’t you write a brief analysis of the paper, perhaps citing more than a single sentence? Maybe you could even add some of your own criticisms or insights rather than just saying it is “interesting.”
This is not how you write a blog post.
R Richard Schweitzer
Jun 26 2012 at 4:24pm
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