Hobsbawm on relative decline and social disruption
I recently re-read Eric Hobsbawm’s Industry and Empire. I didn’t have a reason, other than...
Posted by
Dietrich Vollrath
on September 14, 2016 ·
9 mins read
Balanced growth in theory
The last post was on the empirics behind balanced growth paths (BGP), the key organizing...
Posted by
Dietrich Vollrath
on September 07, 2016 ·
13 mins read
Is there evidence of balanced growth?
I had the pleasure of attending the DEGIT conference in Nottingham, UK last week. One...
Posted by
Dietrich Vollrath
on September 06, 2016 ·
18 mins read
More on Measured Productivity and the Labor Share
Last week, Matt Yglesias dug up an old post of mine about labor’s share of...
Posted by
Dietrich Vollrath
on August 15, 2016 ·
20 mins read
Did Real Manufacturing Output Grow Faster than We Thought?
Writing this post was kind of depressing, because all it did was highlight for me...
Posted by
Dietrich Vollrath
on August 03, 2016 ·
15 mins read
Evidence on Violence and Ethnic Groups in Africa
At the rate I’m going this summer, I will soon be down to one blog...
Posted by
Dietrich Vollrath
on July 25, 2016 ·
14 mins read