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The procurement goldmine
By Ricardo Hausmann - Nov 10,2014
Gold is rare.
Should Venezuela default?
By Ricardo Hausmann - Oct 19,2014
Will Venezuela default on its foreign bonds?
In search of convergence
By Ricardo Hausmann - Aug 20,2014
One puzzle of the world economy is that for 200 years, the world’s rich countries grew faster than poorer countries, a process aptly described by Lant Pritchett as “Divergence, Big Time”. When Adam Smith wrote “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776, per ca
The real raw material of wealth
By Ricardo Hausmann - Aug 04,2014
Poor countries export raw materials such as cocoa, iron ore, and raw diamonds. Rich countries export — often to those same poor countries — more complex products such as chocolate, cars and jewels.
The open drains of Latin America
By Ricardo Hausmann - Jul 13,2014
Stories are most believable when they reaffirm our prior beliefs and assumptions.
The mismeasure of technology
By Ricardo Hausmann - May 04,2014
There is nothing better than fuzzy language to wreak havoc — or facilitate consensus. Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that philosophical puzzles are really just a consequence of the misuse of language.
Venezuela’s bad angels
By Ricardo Hausmann - Mar 16,2014
Fish do not know they are in water. They take it for granted.

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