Konstantin Gaaze sets himself a difficult task: to explain how the Russian government arrived at its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In Where Do Dictatorships Drift? Russian Autocracy and the Invas
Tag: political economy
How (Not) to Read Adam Smith
Adam Smith is too important a thinker to be read through ready-made ideological templates. His work does not belong to any contemporary doctrine in a simple or direct sense, least of all to the kin
Out of the Ivory Tower: Teaching Economics for Real Economies
It must be the beginning of the new university year that makes us — once again — think long and hard about our profession, its meaning and what, as economics educators and professionals, we are