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Are inequality measures biased?
New research paper rebukes Piketty’s inequality findings for the US.
Rogoff and Palley on central bank independence
Is this the beginning of the end of central bank independence?
New and noteworthy books in economics (October)
Four interesting books on productivity, inequality, debt, and liberty.
Development RTCs: Pros and cons
This year's Nobel laureates revolutionized development economics through their use of random controlled trials (RTCs). But RTCs have their critics.
The role of politics and ideology in economics
Are economists immune from ideological bias?
The state of the global economy
Latest economic prospects for the U.S., Europe and Asia from the Peterson Institute and Brookings.
International tax reform: the OECD proposal
The OECD unveils a blueprint of a new international corporate tax architecture.
China and Hong Kong
How severe is China’s slowdown? Michael Spence opines on the Hong Kong protests.
On women’s employment
Are male and female workers substitutable? What has contributed to the increase in female labor participation? Has women’s employment affected the US business cycle?
Capitalism in the 21st century
Branko Milanovic writes about the two types of capitalism represented by the US and China. Have the idle rich replaced the working rich?