Are We Doomed?
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. The Guardian ran a piece on a forthcoming paper in Ecological Economics by Safa Motesharrei, Jorge Rivas,...
View ArticleWho cares how fast GDP grows?
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I came across an interesting post by Ed Dolan, on what we should do about slowing growth in the U.S. His...
View ArticleCyclones and Economic Growth
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I finally got a chance to read through a recent paper by Solomon Hsiang and Amir Jina on “The Causal...
View ArticleIs Progress Bad?
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I saw this article on the Atlantic by Jeremy Caradonna, a professor of history at the U. of Alberta. It’s...
View ArticleGeography is Kinda-Sorta Destiny
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I spent last weekend in Orlando with my wife and kids at Universal Studios. This had two effects. The...
View ArticleGenetic Factors in Savings Behavior
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. There is a recent article by Henrik Cronqvist and Stephan Siegel on the origins of savings behavior...
View ArticleGenetic Origins of Economic Development
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I recently posted about the genetic component of savings behavior. The paper I reviewed there said that...
View ArticleDid We Evolve the Capacity for Sustained Growth?
NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I posted a few pieces (here and here) recently on genetics and growth. The Economist even picked up on...
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