On Aug. 15, 1947, British colonial rule in South Asia officially ended. The four independent states that eventually emerged in its place — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — all faced urgent ...

James Morley receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Welcome to our series on economic theories that are changing the way we think. Today, James Morley explains how the very concept of ...

What are the 50 most important economic theories of the last century? That’s the question a publisher recently asked me to ponder for a book they are developing. I’ve noodled on this over the past ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. One of the joys of using Twitter as a self-updating annotated bibliography is that sometimes articles ...

There is an old joke in economics about two economists walking together down the sidewalk. One of them stops the other and says, “Look! There’s a $100 bill lying there on the ground!” As he stoops to ...

Economists have developed three competing explanations or theories to explain differences in economic growth between regions. Over the past several decades, economic development policy in Indiana has ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Robert Kelly is managing director of ...

Despite their opposing ideologies, they may well offer valuable insights into the future of country Just a few years ago, China's rise to superpower status seemed inexorable. Today, many independent ...