Eric Crampton • Sep 21, 2014 •
Foreign Policy gives us a somewhat implausible critique of Honduras's LEAP zones, the ZEDEs.First, a bit of history. Paul Romer shifted from academic work on high-tech growth-theory macroeconomics to pursue institutional innovation. He realised, correc... Read More
Eric Crampton • Apr 10, 2013 •
Frances Woolley says we should ignore the aggregate indices of economic freedom and look instead to whether people experience freedom. She points to the World Values Survey question asking whether people think they have freedom of choice and control ov... Read More
Eric Crampton • Jan 09, 2013 •
New Zealand is the best country in the world if you weigh up a bundle of economic and personal liberties. I've argued this more than a few times, and I've teased American libertarians about their commitment to liberty if they're unwilling to consider e... Read More
Eric Crampton • Oct 18, 2012 •
I love the contrast between Steve Landsburg and Virginia Postrel on the Roth Nobel. They're both completely right. Says Landsburg: So Alvin Roth wins the Nobel Prize for, among other things, figuring out the best way to allocate kidneys subject to t... Read More