Why do some nations thrive while others collapse? Tolstoy’s famous quote applies to economies - successful nations share key ...

On January 6th, 2021, rioters stormed the United States Capitol building. To many of us, it felt like one of the bedrock institutional traditions of our democracy was in jeopardy: the peaceful ...

Why do some nations fail and others succeed? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, three economists formed a partnership that would revolutionize how economists think about global inequality. Their work ...

For years, free-market think tanks such as the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute have emphasized the link between economic freedom and prosperity. This week, the Royal Swedish Academy of ...

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A trio of economists just won a Nobel Prize for their insights into how democratic and other inclusive institutions are critical for a nation's... On January 6th, 2021, rioters stormed the United ...