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of important institutions to complement free-market competition, and the widespread use of trade protection in support of … documents the misconceptions by examining the theoretical basis and historical record of U.S. industrial and trade policy. We …: the rise of neoliberalism, and the standard economics curriculum. …
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Competent public agencies are associated with better economic outcomes. Beyond competence, political leaders need to secure the loyalty of their agencies. Unfortunately, several theories predict a tradeoff between these two valued features. This paper finds that recruitment into agencies is...
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schooling, job training, and health as well as through research and development projects and informal knowledge transfers (cf …
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and informal knowledge transfers (cf. Ehrlich and Murphy 2007). The conjecture is that the ascendancy of the US as an …
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Over the past century, the institution of capital and the process of its accumulation have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad...
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The Covid-19 pandemic led to extensive new government regulations and lockdown policies that significantly reduced economic freedom across U.S. states. Many of these new pandemic-related regulatory restrictions on economic freedom varied significantly from state to state but are largely missed...
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paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending … consequences of the slave trade on the "receiving" countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America …
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trade on the “sending” countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social … implications. Next, I evaluate the consequences of the slave trade on the “receiving” countries in the Americas. Here, I …
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