@auerswaldShades of the Prison HouseI wrote this essay in April, 1987, while a junior in college. It was my first publication — in a student literary magazine.Oct 14Oct 14
@auerswaldSources for “Trump’s NATO hostility and Russia relations trace back to 1987”This morning The Hill published my piece titled “Trump’s NATO hostility and Russia relations trace back to 1987.” (I submitted it with the…Apr 4Apr 4
@auerswaldWhy External Dependency Leads to Bad Government“There is no way of explaining the extreme poverty of many nations without taking into account the extent to which they are misgoverned.” —…Oct 13, 2023Oct 13, 2023
@auerswaldHard Truths for Democrats1) Trump 2016 was both a true grassroots revolt & a Kremlin-abetted auto-immune disease engineered to turn democracy against itself (also…Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
@auerswaldHard Truths for Republicans1) The “Republican Party” was, in 2016, the subject of an unfriendly takeover. That takeover was almost inadvertently architected by Roger…Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
@auerswaldThe Most Effective President in Half a Century: Joseph Biden Jr.In what ways has President Biden been effective?Oct 3, 20231Oct 3, 20231
@auerswaldThe Economists Who Shaped the Modern WorldIt was the renowned theorist of the business cycle and progenitor of modern macroeconomics, John Maynard Keyes, who famously observed that…Oct 2, 2023Oct 2, 2023
@auerswald“We don’t stop the enemy. We let him go.”Wrote this in 2020. Posting now.Sep 29, 2023Sep 29, 2023
@auerswald(Truly) Poor EconomicsWhy RCTs are Not a Promising Tool for DevelopmentAug 11, 20201Aug 11, 20201
@auerswaldinthe code economyThe Origin of Populist Surges Everywhere, Part IIThis post accompanies my Econtalk discussion with Russ Roberts on the rise of populism.Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
