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Richer and More Equal

Recommended by Financial Times
NEW BOOK

Once there were princes and peasants and very few between. Though the extremes of wealth and poverty still exist, society has vastly improved over the last century. Daniel Waldenström highlights in his book Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West (June 27) that we are now significantly wealthier and more equal than before. One of the best books to read this summer, according to Martin Wolf, Financial Times

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Terrorism and Political Violence

Do Blasphemy Restrictions Restrict Terrorism?

A majority of the world’s countries ban forms of blasphemous expressions, often arguing that such legislation is necessary to prevent conflicts and terrorism. We explore the association between types…
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by Lasse Skjoldager Eskildsen, Christian Bjørnskov




Researchers from IFN releases the annual SNS Economic Policy Council report

Productivity in Sweden, measured as GDP per hour worked, has in recent decades been among the highest in the world. The fact that Swedish wealth measured as GDP per capita is still not among the highest in the world, according to the SNS Economic Policy Council 2024, is due to fewer hours worked.

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Browse through the current research at IFN in our Working Paper series

Discover the latest economic insights with our Working Paper series at the institute. Learn more about our new theoretical and empirical analysis and results before they are published in academic journals.

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Mattias Folkestad, IIES
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Dan-Olof Rooth, SOFI, Stockholm University