The Making of Economic Policy begins by observing that most countries' trade policies are so blatantly contrary to all the prescriptions of the economist that there is no way to understand this discrepancy except by delving into the politics. The same is true for many other dimensions of...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Idea for In 100 Years -- 1 The World Our Grandchildren Will Inherit -- 2 Through the Darkness to a Brighter Future -- 3 The Cone of Uncertainty of the Twenty-First Century's Economic Hurricane -- 4 Wealth and the Self-Protection Society -- 5 Keynes,...

There is a lot we know about climate change, but there is also a lot we don't know. Even if we knew how much CO2 will be emitted over the coming decades, we wouldn't know how much temperatures will rise as a result. And even if we could predict the extent of warming that will occur, we can say...