Monday, November 11, 2019

A Science at Its Limits: Criticizing the Most Recent Economics Nobel

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Here's why I think there is some pushback against the most recent Nobel in economics.  You go into the science wanting to make some...
Friday, November 8, 2019

A Second Approach to a Statement of Purpose

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Today, I want to talk a bit about my personal approach to economics. The scientist makes decisions too as human and as an analyst of the wor...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Some notes on trade in the uneven development of capitalism

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So some of my key takeaways from the class are that trade is important, but perhaps oversimplified in the discourse (Gerber, Samuelson), but...

Two Sides to Free Trade

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For my trade final, my professor framed an interesting set of questions, making up look at the two sides to the issue. It was fun to write, ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Who I Am, What I Want to Be: A First Approach to a Statement of Purpose

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Good Morning. Or Afternoon. Perhaps evening. I do not know when you will be reading this, but I hope you are in a good mood. That will make ...
Monday, September 9, 2019

Gains From Trade: Even the Toy Models Can Teach Us

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Within a Ricardian framework there are several simplifications that we must take in mind as we discuss it. First is that labor is the only i...
Friday, September 6, 2019

Nice Country You Got. Shame if Someone Structurally Adjusted It: On the Bretton Woods Institutions

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The story of the Bretton Woods conference is the story of Harry Dexter White, Keynes, and the representatives of fifty other counties holed ...