Paternalism is characterized by one’s inclination to override another person’s preferences. This requires that some have a superior understanding of what is in the best interest of the others. Of course, there is no role for paternalism among libertarians and …
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Introduction The Bank of England has taken the lead amongst the world’s central banks in issuing a working paper about …
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In August 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which promises massive investment by the US government in US-built …
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April 12th 2024, 5 p.m. at the Warsaw School of Economics, building G, auditorium VII. The event is open …
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“The robots are coming. And that’s a good thing”. This is the title of a very recent MIT Technology Review …
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Introduction – 130 Central Banks have CBDC Projects Since we last reported on the ECB’s thinking about CBDCs1, multiple central …
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Morocco faces a pressing challenge in water scarcity, posing significant hurdles to its socio-economic progress. Ranked among the nations with …
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WP 2024-03. Executive Summary This paper reviews the neglected contributions to the theory of index numbers in Gottfried Haberler’s (1927) …