Public Policy
What central bankers should and should not be asked to do
Amar Bhidé Financial Times August 16, 2016 Easy money is a dangerous cure for a debt hangover Central banks should
Read MoreYou cant dine in the clubhouse if you dont pay the dues
Amar Bhidé and Anders Barsk Quartz June 21, 2016 Brexiters are making a dangerous mistake in their argument for leaving
Read MoreAbroad, as at home, first do no harm
From Quartz January 7, 2015 When it comes to ISIL Europe is repeating the sins of its fathers While candidate
Read More(How) Can We Do Better? Lessons from HIV-AIDS
I have just completed a paper that represents “first thoughts” arising from a project on medical innovations that I am
Read MoreGreece isn’t too poor or misgoverned for the Euro (oped)
Widespread private and public cheating in Greece is old hat. Michael Lewis documented it splendidly in Vanity Fair in 2010.
Read MoreTen Miles SquSupport for Free Speech Is Not Support for More Surveillance
A civil libertarian and free-speech absolutist’s concern about the Charlie Hedbo demonstrations By Amar Bhidé http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2015/01/restraint_is_called_for053846.php Mass demonstrations of solidarity
Read MoreThe dubious utility of productivity estimates.
Talk at Cato conference on the future of US growth
Read MoreProfits Don’t Create Inequality – Barron’s Nov. 22, 2014
Thomas Piketty’s mechanistic model misleads.
Read More(Sort of) debating Jeff Sachs in We the Economy
Ep. 18: SUPPLY CHAIN REACTION | Jehane Noujaim from We The Economy on Vimeo. “Supply Chain Reaction” asks, what do
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