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The Role of Firm Mergers in Innovation and Economic Growth
Insights from looking at competition policy from the perspective of dynamic competition
Feb 2
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Rafael Guthmann
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January 2024
When will academics stop claiming that China and Europe "diverged"?
This popular idea is based on a false thesis of ancient convergence.
Jan 17, 2024
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Rafael Guthmann
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August 2023
The world is multipolar now and this is a good thing
Unipolarity for extended periods means the worst kind of monopoly: institutional monopoly
Aug 30, 2023
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Rafael Guthmann
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July 2023
3400 years of macroeconomic performance in one graph
Modern economic growth does not look as impressive as in other such graphs
Jul 19, 2023
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Rafael Guthmann
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There is a need for the Malthusian Model?
Perhaps not really.
Jul 17, 2023
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Rafael Guthmann
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February 2023
The Great Waves in Economic History
In western economic history, living standards appear to have had three "supercycles" of rise and fall of economic activity over the past 4,000 years.
Feb 21, 2023
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Rafael Guthmann
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Democracy and development
It appears to be the case that the foremost causal factor in social and economy development is democracy
Feb 6, 2023
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Rafael Guthmann
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January 2023
Should intellectual property be enforced?
Should patents exist? It appears that they do, although, granting a monopoly of 20 years to new technologies might be too much.
Jan 18, 2023
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Rafael Guthmann
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November 2022
The Democratic Stationary Bandit
The modern welfare state is what happens when you mix Ghenghis-Khan with Classical Athens
Nov 12, 2022
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Rafael Guthmann
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Virtual public goods and Musk's purchase of Twitter
Musk's purchase of Twitter suggests that society might need virtual public squares besides private social media sites
Nov 10, 2022
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Rafael Guthmann
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Why do billions speak languages with large Latin heritage while less than 14 million speak languages derived from Ancient Greek?
Answer: historical contingency that Latin's influence could be preserved in Western Europe while most Greek speaking regions of antiquity the local…
Nov 8, 2022
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September 2022
Ancient scientists and the economic performance of antiquity
Ancient economic history can be summarized by: Fast growth from 800 BC to 300 BC, slow growth from 300 BC to around 1 AD, negative growth from 1 AD to…
Sep 21, 2022
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