The Nobel Prize and the (New) Lucas Criterion
Next Monday, October 12, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics. As it is now traditional, the event is generating … Read More
Roberto J. Chang
More On the Peruvian Covid Case
For Americas Quarterly, I expanded my previous blog post and added some thoughts on how Peru can make progress in the near future: Peru Squandered Its Early COVID Advantages. Here’s … Read More
Covid 19 and the Consequences of Underdevelopment: The Peruvian Case
Peru, my country of birth, was praised early on in the pandemic for its swift and decisive response. The government imposed a strict lockdown that is now, at more than … Read More
The Next Global Crisis
About a year ago, the oldest continuously running university in the Western Hemisphere, Universidad de San Marcos, kindly invited me to deliver a keynote lecture on a topic of my … Read More
First Thoughts on the Pandemic and Crises
Almost fifteen years ago, a friend from the neighborhood asked me if I wanted to start talking about the possibility of a world pandemic and possibly organizing events to raise … Read More