mainly macro

This covers ground which others may be more knowledgeable about, so please let me know of any references or sources that I really should r...

There was extensive analysis after the UK EU referendum of the characteristics of those who voted for Brexit and those who didn’t. A robu...

I’ve been meaning for some time to write about a recent paper by Thomas Piketty, which looks at what characteristics influenced voters to...

Noah Smith has a good piece on what seems like the never ending stream of popular articles in the UK slagging off economics (or economist...

Diane Coyle has an excellent article in the FT about an apparent puzzle. Why do executives get incentive bonuses (extra pay on meeting som...

I’m confused about macroeconomic policy under François Hollande. When he came to power in 2012 he made deficit reduction a priority. The ch...

When an academic, or student, thinks they have found a mistake in an academic paper or book, what do they do? Check their calculations agai...

My guess is that the majority of pieces of empirical work by economists will contain at least one error somewhere. Errors become almost ine...