Public policy schools typically have a strong economics focus but must rethink how they teach students. Medical schools could offer a model, writes Ricardo Hausmann

Governments are right to focus on creating good jobs. But often the solution lies in policy areas not amenable to tools wielded by ministers, writes Ricardo Hausmann.

Fighting corruption will not bring an end to poverty and casting the bad into the sea does not imply that good will come ashore, says Ricardo Hausmann.

If technology is just devices and ideas — ideas which are easy to copy and devices which are easy to ship — why do differences in technology persist between countries, asks Ricardo Hausmann.