By Simon Wren-Lewis. Published in the blog Mainly Macro on June 25, 2016. Mediamacro love their focus on ‘the markets’, and this leads to talk that makes Brexit sound like a major financial crisis. It almost certainly is not that. Impact on the UK economy At the heart of BrexitRead More

By Kenneth Rogoff. Published on Project Syndicate on June 24, 2016.  CAMBRIDGE – The real lunacy of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union was not that British leaders dared to ask their populace to weigh the benefits of membership against the immigration pressures it presents. Rather, itRead More

By Chris Patten. Published on Project Syndicate on June, 24, 2016. OXFORD – Thursday night is said to have been momentous for those who campaigned to leave the European Union and turn Britain’s back on the twenty-first century. On that, at least, I can agree. As Cicero wrote: “O wretched andRead More

La delincuencia y la violencia son unos de los problemas más importantes que las sociedades latinoamericanas enfrentan hoy en día. La red AL CAPONE tiene como objetivo reunir los esfuerzos de investigación de economistas latinoamericanos y de otras partes del mundo sobre los determinantes y las consecuencias de la delincuenciaRead More

Por Magdalena Valdés Lutz, Directora Ejecutiva J-PAL LAC. Como ciudadanos siempre hemos requerido que quienes buscan solucionar las problemáticas sociales de nuestro entorno lo hagan basándose en la mayor y mejor información posible. Cada uno de nosotros lo hace al tomar cualquier decisión en nuestra vida personal: al decidir alRead More

Por Mohamed A. El-Erian, publicada originalmente el 7 de junio de 2016 en Project Syndicate. LAGUNA BEACH – Por lo que muestran los cambios de gobierno en Argentina y Brasil, las correcciones políticas a mitad de mandato en Chile y otros acontecimientos de la región, la política latinoamericana está dando unRead More

The LSE’s Nicholas Barr explains why he will be voting to Remain in the EU referendum – citing a wide range of arguments about sovereignty, migration, international influence, regulation, democracy, trade and the single market to make his case. He concludes the economic and foreign policy costs of leaving are large, andRead More