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Who values democracy?

Who values democracy?

This paper examines the conventional view that redistribution is central to the democratization process using data from stock markets. Consistent with this view, democratizations have a large, negativ...

September 01, 2026
Oil Prices Surge as U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes

Oil Prices Surge as U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Josh Owens is the Content Director at Oilprice.com and a veteran energy journalist with over a decade of experience covering global energy m...

August 30, 2026
UBS Says a Major Commodity Upcycle Is Taking Shape

UBS Says a Major Commodity Upcycle Is Taking Shape

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart The leading economics blog online covering financial issues, geopolitics and trading. One day after veteran commodities strategist Jeff Curr...

August 30, 2026
Interviewing Yiyang Zhuge (Zhong Shu)

Interviewing Yiyang Zhuge (Zhong Shu)

Many people are writing to me, upset that I am interviewing Ziyang Zhuge, a well-known Chinese internet intellectual, who recently was accused of plagiarism.  I am keen to proceed with the interview, ...

August 29, 2026
Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point

Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Leon Stille has a background in energy sciences (MSc and BSc) and is pursuing a PhD in energy policy. He currently runs his own company,… Fo...

August 29, 2026
Scholar Data

Scholar Data

In our paper, A Skeptical View of the National Science Foundation’s Role in Economic Research, Tyler and I point out that if the NSF is doing what it should, it ought to be doing very different things...

August 29, 2026
Oil-Rich Azerbaijan Bets Big on a Clean Energy Boom

Oil-Rich Azerbaijan Bets Big on a Clean Energy Boom

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Felicity Bradstock is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City. She writes for energy websites and covers several other industries, as w...

August 29, 2026
Costco facts of the day

Costco facts of the day

Costco sold 157.4mn rotisserie chickens worldwide last year, almost double the number of a decade ago.  “It’s $4.99 and for Costco members, that’s one fantastic deal. I don’t think you can produce it ...

August 29, 2026
*Visions from San Francisco Bay*

*Visions from San Francisco Bay*

European and American capitalism were different.  The violence of human clashes in America took place on the surface, in the open.  The violence in Europe became formalized, coalesced with class divio...

August 29, 2026
Europe’s Russia Sanctions Have a Major Blind Spot

Europe’s Russia Sanctions Have a Major Blind Spot

Venezuela Helped Build OPEC. Now It May Help Break It Apart Cyril Widdershoven is a senior maritime, energy, and geopolitical analyst and Senior Advisor at Blue Water Strategy, specialising in the str...

August 28, 2026
Luke Burgis interviews Patrick Collison on aesthetics

Luke Burgis interviews Patrick Collison on aesthetics

It was very fun talking to @patrickc  about New Aesthetics at the @ClunyInstitute ‘s conference last month. We talked about: —The origin story of the New Aesthetics grants — and why he and Tyler Cowen...

August 28, 2026