Sean Illing of Vox (an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media) interviews Augusto Lopez-Claros, November 5, 2018. The single greatest antidote to…
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Augusto Lopez-Claros Posts
We live in an age in which truth and falsehood sometimes appear indistinguishable and can be disseminated with the speed of light.[1] They can also…
A friend of mine at the World Bank recently forwarded news of a seminar held at the IMF under the title of “Enlightening Economics.” I…
The recent volatility in the stock market has raised questions about its causes and its consequences for asset prices and economic growth. With the 2008…
A few months ago, in the course of trying to reestablish contact with a dear friend, Jonathan Schell, I learned, to my consternation, that he…
Understandably, the literature has often seen gender inequality as a human rights issue. Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights introduces the concept…
In pursuing meaningful sustainable development, and investing in conservation and redressing the environmental damage caused by decades of neglect, we need to better explore and…
I’ve suggested recently that although high economic growth in recent decades has greatly improved average life expectancy, infant mortality, and other leading indicators policymakers and…
Global development as a universal objective to improve people’s social and economic wellbeing is a relatively recent concept. It was first embodied in the United…
Since the vast majority of the problems which humanity faces today are global in nature, the world needs more, not less international cooperation. Major planetary…