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When economists study taxation, they typically separate two issues: one is the distributional issue of which groups are paying more or less;...

Michael Chui and Anna Bernasek of the McKinsey Global Institute interview Christopher Pissarides ( Nobel, '10 ) "about how he deve...

If economics-minded policy-makers rules made decisions in response to the pandemic, what might they do differently, and why? Peter Boettke a...

It seems obvious that the COVID-19 pandemic must be worse in lower-income countries. After all, it seems as if the opportunities for social ...

For much of human history, a majority of people have worked in agriculture. In the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, about half of all worker...

David A. Price does an "Interview" with Matthew Jackson, with the subheading "On human networks, the friendship paradox, and ...

In the aftermath of the Texas power failures in February, a number commenters found confirmation that, amazingly, they had been right about ...