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January
31st 2005
This is a new CESifo product, published once a month. Primarily
devoted to bringing background information in economics to journalists
and CESifo Working Papers to a broader audience, it also reviews other
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How
to Subvert Democracy
Beautiful combination,
democracy and free markets. But what happens when the laws of supply and
demand are applied to the pillars that hold the democratic edifice together?
Plenty of exercises of this kind have been performed throughout the world,
throughout history. But none as well documented and clear-cut as that
carried out by former Peruvian spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos.
A sobering account, and riveting reality TV to boot.
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Are
Economists Different?
Some say God
created economists to make weather forecasters look good. Rumour has it
they sport an invisible hand. That they torture data until Nature confesses.
Fact is, they are different from other elites, particularly in European
societies. The question is why. Gerbhard Kirchgaessner has the answer.
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