Arriving in Berlin from Africa via Frankfurt proved to be a nightmare this time around. While the flight and connections were almost perfect, the same cannot be said about my […]

Were 19th-century slaves working in the US Southern plantations more efficient than the free farmers of the Northern states? This was one of the critical questions two economists, one being […]

An unexpected abundance of acronyms seems to be one of the traits of the UN. Having worked at the organization for (too) many years helped corroborate this fact. Yes, the […]

No doubt Internet access has come a long way in the last 25 years. The latest estimates for 2016 show that 3.45 billion people have access to the Internet. That is […]

A new version of the World Wealth and Income Inequality database has been available online since last January. The new website has a new slick look. It also offers an […]