Economic Logic

With the European sovereign debt crisis continuing to linger with the frustrating hesitation waltz of the politicians, it may be a good idea...

It is often difficult for immigrants to integrate in a new culture, including economic culture. Yet, those who immigrated self-selected them...

Being self-confident matters in life: with higher self-esteem, you are more likely to become an entrepreneur , and as a CEO you invest more ...

In a perfect world, forcing people to save through some pension fund would not make a difference. Pension and private savings would be perfe...

Scandinavia is puzzling for Americans or Southern Europeans. Taxes are very high, yet people are happy about paying their taxes and there is...

Multinational companies are the scorn of the anti-globalization movement, and some of it is well deserved. Often, their size allows them to ...

A common complaint within the current acrimonious debate about the Greek debt situation is that the Greek retire much earlier than, say, the...

It is notoriously difficult to understand exchange rate fluctuations, especially in the shorter term. Predicting them is even worse, to the ...

The standard way to think about banking in the business cycle is that financial frictions amplify economic fluctuations. There are various m...

Any good research reports qualifications and uncertainties about the results. Unfortunately, the non-scientific reader is not interested in ...

Family feuds can be terrible, and divorce is the worst. That may be because people who trusted each other find themselves victims of treason...

It is sometimes saddening to see how Economics is currently being criticized for its failure to predict this and that. While at least econom...

It is quite obvious that the current economic situation in both Europe and the United States is not healthy. It has been argued that in both...

In some countries, especially in Eastern Europe, corruption in educational institutions is a serious issue, to the point that diplomas do no...

There is no secret that women are under-represented in the Economics profession. Things have improved over time, though, but the proportion ...