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    8 Questions with Ricardo Hausmann

    March 25, 2021

    Ricardo Hausmann with Age of Economics This interview series is aimed at addressing fundamental issues related to global capitalist civilization with 8 basic questions. The objectives of this project are […]
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    A Better Approach to Climate Finance

    November 20, 2024

    Ricardo Hausmann for Project Syndicate Two years behind schedule, in 2022 the world’s developed countries finally fulfilled their 2009 pledge to mobilize $100 billion annually to support developing countries’ climate efforts. But […]
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    After the Default: Argentina’s Unsustainable “20/80” Economy

    October 1, 2020

    Eduardo Levy Yeyati for Americas Quarterly Argentina this week formally exited the ninth sovereign debt default in its history. The agreement with creditors took longer than expected, but was settled […]
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    Are Economists Architects or Auditors?

    August 1, 2025

    Ricardo Hausmann for Project Syndicate Many of today’s most urgent global challenges, from stagnant growth to climate change, require ambitious, innovative policies. Yet economics has shifted away from creative problem […]
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    Are Economists in Love with Tough Love?

    August 5, 2021

    Ricardo Hausmann for Project Syndicate Vigorous economic competition certainly has a place in today’s world. But economists may currently be overly reliant on this default approach, attributing to a lack […]
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    Autocrats in crisis mode: How dictators adapt distributive choices during economic shocks

    October 5, 2022

    Jose Morales-Arilla for VoxDevLiterature on regional and ethnic favouritism has robustly shown that, on average, autocrats tend to favour their supporters in the distribution of rents and public goods (Franck […]
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    Back to Fundamentals in Emerging Markets

    August 18, 2015

    Dani Rodrik – Project Syndicate CAMBRIDGE – Following 15 years of hype, a new conventional wisdom has taken hold: emerging markets are in deep trouble. Many analysts had extrapolated rapid […]
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    Better Sanctions on Russia are Needed

    November 4, 2022

    R. Hausmann, U. Schetter, and M. Yildirim for Project Syndicate While the EU-US-led financial and trade measures initially seemed impressive, they failed to have the crippling economic effect that the […]
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    Bonanza ganadera, desastre ambiental

    February 15, 2024

    Eduardo Lora for Semana El negocio ganadero rara vez había estado mejor. Las exportaciones ganaderas están disparadas y los precios de la carne dentro del país están por las nubes. […]