The Influence of Political Distortions on Economic Performance

Alberto Alesina and Brian Snowdon

World Economics, 2004, vol. 5, issue 4, 91-136

Abstract: Alberto Alesina is the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. In this interview he discusses with Brian Snowdon his views on several important contemporary issues, including politics and the business cycle, budget deficits, currency unions, the European Union, the size of nations, economic growth, inequality, democracy, foreign aid, ethnic fractionalisation, and the welfare state in the US and Europe.

Date: 2004
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