Moritz Schularick

Moritz Schularick is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po and the University of Bonn, an elected member of the Academy of Sciences of Berlin-Brandenburg, and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Previously, he taught at the Free University of Berlin and was a Visiting Professor at New York University and Cambridge University. His research interests include macroeconomics, international finance, and economic history. Working at the intersection of economic history and macroeconomics, his research has been published in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and several other journals.

The Historical Cost of Populism

Most work on populism has investigated the reasons why voters choose populist leaders and governments. In new research, Moritz Schularick,  Christoph Trebesch, and  Manuel...

Wealth Inequality in America: A Race Between the Stock and the Housing Market

Booming stock markets and the collapse of house prices in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis have increased wealth inequality in the US...

The Rate of Return on Everything

A new paper purports to have finally unlocked the mystery of the rate of return on capital. Here the authors report on their research on...

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