Arthur Laffer, the economist behind the Laffer curve, is about to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Many economists wonder whether the theory is sound.

Access to credit affects productivity growth in a non-linear way.

New research on a) the nonlinearity of the Phillips curve; and b) ways to improve the Phillips curve.

Does the informal labor market buffer the economy from negative shocks? Does it stabilize inflation?

Collective bargaining in Italy and Germany: what are the differences?

Can the Zero Lower Bound (ZLB) on interest rates be used to identify the causal effects of monetary policy?

What were the effects of the 2009 US government fiscal spending called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? Did the way it was financed matter?

The doctrine behind MMT is smart but not completely right, argues Paul Krugman. Not so, responds Matias Vernengo.

New research on the global trends in interest rates.

What is the expectations-augmented Phillips curve predicting about inflation in advanced economies.