Measuring economic growth from outer space | vox – Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists: “GDP data is often poorly measured, especially for sub-Saharan Africa. This column shows that satellite data on lights at night can be used to enhance the quality of GDP growth measures. Using rainfall and satellite data, it also [...]
Stoking Ethnic Fires in Central Europe / ISN
Stoking Ethnic Fires in Central Europe / ISN: “The current spat between Hungary and Slovakia has all the appearance of a controversy manufactured mainly by politicians, but that doesn’t mean no one will get hurt before it’s all over, Jeremy Druker comments for ISN Security Watch.”
An economic tsunami in Eastern Europe
“Eastern Europe is now the biggest problem in the global crisis”, says Edward Hugh, a macroeconomist who became popular among Internet users explaining the crisis from the pages of several economics-specialized blogs. Hugh goes straight to the point, describing a ‘tsunami’ that is likely going to storm the Old Continent. It won’t be a natural [...]
