Is the EU’s single market and Eurozone even good for economic growth?
Since I can remember I've been told that prominent economists say that the European Single Market (tariff free zone) is good for business and the economy at large. And the…
Explaining economic growth since 2000
Some days ago I posted some cumulative growth charts for OECD countries, like this one: These results are somewhat affected by the usual GDP issues relating to tax haven (Ireland…
GDP, yes, but GDP per what?
Many free marketers have an almost religious devotion to seeing GDP lines go up. The American subset of these are therefore quite happy when they see plots like this one…
National intelligence really is the best predictor of economic growth
This is the sister post to the one on Anglo Reaction’s Substack. We published a new paper of high significance, and we didn’t agree about how to summarize it for…
Macroeconomics and intelligence: a collection
See prior post on national IQs and who you can't cite. Economists and intelligence researchers don't generally talk: Test scores, on the other hand, offer direct measures of a variety…
Intelligent economics: the way forward
Christainsen, Gregory. (2020). Rushton, Jensen, and the Wealth of Nations: Biogeography and Public Policy as Determinants of Economic Growth. Mankind Quarterly. This paper offers a review of some of the…