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The workforce of pioneer plants: The role of worker mobility in the diffusion of industries. Ricardo Hausmann, October 2018, Paper, "Because many skills are tacit and…
Does the West Want What Technology Wants? Ricardo Hausmann, June 27 2018, Opinion, "In a world where technological progress promises large benefits, the capacity to supply…
There's 'no fundamental problem' with the US trade deficit. Ricardo Hausmann, April 6, 2018, Video, "The U.S. is wasting its time trying to fix a non-existent problem regarding…
Industrial Policy: Love it or Hate it? Lant Pritchett, Ricardo Hausmann, February 28, 2018, Video, "Industrial policy has been one of the most heated issues in the history of…
How Best to Promote Research and Development. Ricardo Hausmann, November 24, 2017, Opinion, "Clearly, there is something appealing about a start-up-based innovation strategy: it…
Economic Development and the Accumulation of Know-how. Ricardo Hausmann, May 2016, Paper. "Economic development depends on the accumulation of know-how. The theory of…
Piketty’s Missing Knowhow. Ricardo Hausmann, May 27, 2014, Opinion. "A useful way to understand the world’s economy is the elegant framework presented by Thomas Piketty in…
How Should Uganda Grow? Ricardo Hausmann, February 2014, Paper. "Income per capita in Uganda has doubled in the last 20 years. This remarkable performance has been buoyed by…
A Brain’s View of Economics. Ricardo Hausmann, January 29, 2014, Opinion. "In his pathbreaking 2005 book On Intelligence, Jeff Hawkins proposed an alternative paradigm of how the…
The Specialization Myth. Ricardo Hausmann, December 30, 2013, Opinion. "Some ideas are intuitive. Others sound so obvious after they are expressed that it is hard to deny their…