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Institutions, Economic Growth and Development: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Douglass North (2016)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (2016). Institutions, Economic Growth and Development: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Douglass North. World economics (Henley-on-Thames. Online), 17(4), 107-152

This paper is based on the transcript of an interview made by Professor Brian Snowdon with the late Douglass North, Noble Laureate who died in 2015. North was one of the most influential economists and economic historian of the second half of the twe... Read More about Institutions, Economic Growth and Development: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Douglass North.

The Role of Human Capital in Economic Development (2015)
Book Chapter
Snowdon, B. (2015). The Role of Human Capital in Economic Development. In P. Dixon, S. Humble, & C. Counihan (Eds.), Handbook of international development and education (47-76). Edward Elgar Publishing

The Solow Model, Poverty Traps, and the Foreign Aid Debate (2009)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (2009). The Solow Model, Poverty Traps, and the Foreign Aid Debate. History of Political Economy, 41(Supplement 1), 241-262. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-2009-026

For almost thirty years the Solow model experienced relative neglect within the field of development economics. However, since the mid-1980s the neoclassical growth model has been at the heart of the debate among economists interested in the importan... Read More about The Solow Model, Poverty Traps, and the Foreign Aid Debate.

Three Cheers for the ‘Progressive State': Ben Friedman on the Moral Consequences of Economic Growth (2008)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (2008). Three Cheers for the ‘Progressive State': Ben Friedman on the Moral Consequences of Economic Growth. World economics (Henley-on-Thames. Online), 9(1), 97-146

Ben Friedman is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading macroeconomists. His research and publications have focused on monetary and fiscal policy, and the key role that financial markets play in influencing how macroeconomic policies impact o... Read More about Three Cheers for the ‘Progressive State': Ben Friedman on the Moral Consequences of Economic Growth.

Towards a Unified Theory of Economic Growth: Oded Galor on the Transition from Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Economic Growth (2008)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (2008). Towards a Unified Theory of Economic Growth: Oded Galor on the Transition from Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Economic Growth. World economics (Henley-on-Thames. Online), 9(2), 97-151

Oded Galor, Professor of Economics at Brown University, is one of the world’s leading and most imaginative growth theorists. Throughout his career, his numerous publications have focussed on growth-related issues such as labour migration, internation... Read More about Towards a Unified Theory of Economic Growth: Oded Galor on the Transition from Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Economic Growth.

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: François Bourguignon on Fifty Years of Economic Development and the Elusive Quest for Sustained Growth (2008)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (2008). The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: François Bourguignon on Fifty Years of Economic Development and the Elusive Quest for Sustained Growth. World economics (Henley-on-Thames. Online), 9(3), 123-176

François Bourguignon was Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics, at the World Bank before taking up his current position as Director of the Paris School of Economics. He is one of the world’s leading economists in the field... Read More about The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: François Bourguignon on Fifty Years of Economic Development and the Elusive Quest for Sustained Growth.

The International Economic System in the Twentieth Century: An interview with Barry Eichengreen (2000)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (2000). The International Economic System in the Twentieth Century: An interview with Barry Eichengreen. World economics (Henley-on-Thames. Online), 1(3), 39-60

This wide-ranging discussion takes in globalisation, the causes of the Great Depression (and the likelihood of future recurrences), the Marshall Plan and post-war European recovery, growth in the 1950s and 60s followed by the problems of the 70s, and... Read More about The International Economic System in the Twentieth Century: An interview with Barry Eichengreen.

The New Political Macroeconomics: An Interview With Alberto Alesina (1999)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B., & Vane, H. (1999). The New Political Macroeconomics: An Interview With Alberto Alesina. American Economist, 43(1), 19-34

Interviews economics professor Alberto Alesina from Harvard University regarding political macroeconomics. Educational background; Views on Keynesian economics; Contributions of Hibbs to the development of politico-economic models; Evidence against t... Read More about The New Political Macroeconomics: An Interview With Alberto Alesina.

Modern Macroeconomics and its Evolution from a Monetarist Perspective: An Interview with Professor Milton Friedman (1997)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B., & Vane, H. (1997). Modern Macroeconomics and its Evolution from a Monetarist Perspective: An Interview with Professor Milton Friedman. Journal of Economic Studies, 24(4), 192-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443589710188957

An interview with Milton Friedman in 1996 - presents his reflections on some of the important issues surrounding the evolution of, and currrent debates within, modern macroeconomics. A world-renowned economist and prolific author since the 1930s, Mil... Read More about Modern Macroeconomics and its Evolution from a Monetarist Perspective: An Interview with Professor Milton Friedman.

The Development of Modern Macroeconomics: Reflections In The Light Of Johnson's Analysis After Twenty Five Years (1996)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B., & Vane, H. (1996). The Development of Modern Macroeconomics: Reflections In The Light Of Johnson's Analysis After Twenty Five Years. Journal of Macroeconomics, 18(3), 381-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0164-0704%2896%2980028-0

This paper considers how far factors advanced by Harry Johnson some twenty-five years ago to explain the success of the Keynesian revolution and subsequent monetarist counter-revolution, can help in understanding why new classical macroeconomics has... Read More about The Development of Modern Macroeconomics: Reflections In The Light Of Johnson's Analysis After Twenty Five Years.

The Political Economy of the Ethiopian Famine (1985)
Journal Article
Snowdon, B. (online). The Political Economy of the Ethiopian Famine. National Westminster Bank quarterly review, 41-55

The theme is that the major determinants of famine in Africa are best understood by considering the wider economic and political processes which have been at work both at the national and international levels. Although the discussion concentrates on... Read More about The Political Economy of the Ethiopian Famine.