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Saturday, 28 May 2011

How not to combat terrorism

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Terrorism is driven by poverty and deprivation in the Third World, right? Surely, a great way to combat it is to give development aid, and m...
Friday, 27 May 2011

Fabio Sola joins the World Bank in Brasilia

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Congratulations to Fabio Sola (ITFD 2011) who will be joining the World Bank's country office in Brasilia this fall. He we work in the L...

Attack of the one-armed economists

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Harry Truman allegedly said that he wanted to meet a one-armed economist, so as to spare himself the endless "on the one hand... on the...
Sunday, 22 May 2011

What's really going on with Greek debt?

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I have been thinking a lot about the Greek debt problem. About a year ago, I looked at the numbers and decided that on economic logic alone,...
Friday, 20 May 2011

Screw up now, enjoy later

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Today, there are demonstrations in Barcelona and across Spain against "the political class, the crisis, and the fact that people who l...
Saturday, 7 May 2011

J-PAL Placement - Congratulations to Max Bode

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The first ITFD graduate to join the Jamal Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is Max Bode, who is graduating this summer. He will be heading to Indi...
Tuesday, 3 May 2011

The first time I enjoyed a rap song...

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Keynes vs. Hayek [thanks to Greg Mankiw for the link] http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2011/04/keynes-vs-hayek-round-two.html
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Joachim Voth
Zurich, Switzerland
I hold the UBS Chair in Macroeconomics and Financial Markets. My blog contains updates on research findings, observations on economic policy, and thoughts on research.
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