La semaine dernière, Pierre Cahuc et André Zylberberg ont jeté un pavé dans la mare (certains diraient dans la gueule) … More
Tag: Romer
A few reads on (and for) Paul Romer, next World Bank chief economist
Originally posted on the Playground A few years ago, the World Bank sounded Paul Romer to fill its chief economist position, and … More
Mathiness in context : Richardson, Solow and Mirrlees debate the uses of math in urban economics in the 1970s
The dispute In 1973, Harry W. Richardson, a urban economist at the University of Kent, expressed concern about “some uses … More
The Undercover Historian 