Friday, September 13th, 2024

Daron Acemoglu


What It Takes to Build Democratic Institutions

There are plenty of good models around to help both developing and industrialized countries build

The Wrong BRICS Expansion

At first blush, it may seem like good news that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,

After Affirmative Action

The US Supreme Court’s decision disallowing explicitly race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions has intensified

Would AI-Enabled Communism Work?

Friedrich von Hayek is best known for his influential 1944 polemic The Road to Serfdom. But

The End of Real Social Networks

Not only are billions of people around the world glued to their mobile phones, but

Why Nation-Building Failed in Afghanistan

The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago with the hope of rebuilding a country

The Real Inflation Risk

With the annual inflation rate in the United States reaching 5% in May, economists and

The Right Way to Worry

The reign of the dinosaurs was brought to an end 65 million years ago by

Biden’s Great Tax Rebalancing

US President Joe Biden’s spending plans have been grabbing headlines, and rightly so. The administration’s

Is Biden Up to the Good Jobs Challenge?

With US President-elect Joe Biden’s imminent inauguration and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, there is

The Case for a Quadripolar World

Having diminished America’s global role while refusing to accept China’s growing clout, Donald Trump’s presidency

Antitrust Alone Won’t Fix the Innovation Problem

The US Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google may be the first salvo in a

Zambia to support mining industry in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Zambia’s non-resident ambassador to Nepal, Percy Patson Chanda, has

Maoists to obstruct Parliament over ‘violence’ records dispute

KATHMANDU: The main opposition party, the Maoist Center, has announced

Kathmandu metropolis has 95.5 per cent literacy

KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has achieved a literacy

Taxis block roads in protest against ride-sharing services

KATHMANDU: Taxi drivers in the Kathmandu Valley staged a protest

UML Secretariat meeting underway

KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML Secretariat meeting has commenced at the central