Carlos Ahumada Comments: Resentment and pride have disastrous consequences in any relationship. Will the upcoming leaders in the North American region be able to leave them behind? In December 1994, after many years of dating,… [Read more]
Economics & Finance
A global approach on up-to-date topics in the areas of economic policy, development economics, and finance.
Economic Growth in The USA: When is it Time to Stop Saying, “Thanks Obama”?
Economic growth is a constant talking point for politicians in the United States. A politician’s popularity or reputation, in particular, often thrives or suffers based on the state of the economy. Presidents are no different.… [Read more]
Fighting Climate Change: Tales from the Front Lines
With the 2017 UN Climate Conference COP23 in Bonn just recently coming to an end, editor Jonathan Parisi shares the results of interviews conducted with Giulia Houston of Progetto QUID and Lisa Jennings of Proctor and… [Read more]
Peru’s First Nudge Unit: Pioneering education reform with insights from behavioural economics
Just a few weeks after Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work in behavioural economics—popularised through his best-selling book Nudge— the Hertie School of Governance had the pleasure of hosting Daniel… [Read more]
Development Economics and Nudging – 5 Questions to Dr. Robert Lepenies
Though initially popularised by field experiments on improving health and well-being, nudging has undeniably become a prominent tool across a wide array of policy areas, including development. Hertie visiting professor Robert Lepenies discusses the practical… [Read more]
On the Virtue of Economists and Their Models
As 2017 begins, Europe is preparing itself for an important year, which could well see the continent being plunged into a political crisis. Elections scheduled in, respectively, the Netherlands, France and Germany could see far… [Read more]
140 Million Indians May Control Future Global Growth
With Indian elections are approaching, MPP student and economics editor Dhruva Mathur considers how the result in one particular state, Uttar Pradesh, could not only affect the country’s growth in coming years, but also that of… [Read more]
Monetary Policy and Inequality: Is Quantitive Easing Furthering the Gap between the Rich and Poor?
As Quantitative Easing is increasingly questioned both in the U.S and in the Eurozone with regards to bond, stock, and currency markets, MPP student Patrick Sullivan invites us to look at the effects of QE… [Read more]
European House of Flames
Should we stay or should we go? The question of leaving the Eurozone has become a new reality while discussing the Euro after seven years of crisis. Populists all over Europe revel in exit fantasies,… [Read more]
Management Capacities, and not Money, is What Matters in Providing High-Quality Infrastructure
According to The Governance Report 2016’s findings, increased infrastructure spending does not necessarily translate into improved infrastructure outcomes. The Governance Report is an annual series published by Oxford University Press and deals with recent public policy… [Read more]