The transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great
divergence have been the subject of an intensive research in the growth literature in recent …

The last decade has witnessed growing interest among political scientists and economists in
nondemocratic politics. This trend has been reflected in increasingly rigorous game …

本文认为, 中国治理体制的基本特征是治官权与治民权分设, 形成“上下分治的治理体制”.
中央政府主要执掌治官权, 即选拔, 监督和奖惩官员的权力; 至于实际管治各地区民众的权力 …

This essay discusses several potential economic, political and social costs of the current
path of AI technologies. I argue that if AI continues to be deployed along its current trajectory …

We investigate the relationship between inequality, redistribution, and growth using a
recently-compiled dataset that distinguishes clearly between market (pre-tax and transfer) …

As atuais ameaças à democracia não são apenas políticas: estão profundamente
enraizadas nas condições econômicas, sociais e culturais de hoje. Maior referência no …

In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater
efforts to tax the rich? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality.
We first explain the theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution …

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets
and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered …

Abstract Thomas Piketty's (2013) book, Capital in the 21st Century, follows in the tradition of
the great classical economists, like Marx and Ricardo, in formulating general laws of …