This paper is interesting, well written, and for the most part insightful. Nonetheless, it fails to appreciate the main weakness of factor analysis for predicting Cuba’s GDP, or that of any other command economy. The essence of the technique, as the authors clearly explain, is to gather data on a number of socioeconomic indicators (37 […]

Reading the article by Professor Sáez, which I re­ceived as an 84-page chapter of his dissertation, has been a long but rewarding experience. If I had to summarize my reaction in just one sentence, the fol­lowing would be very appropriate: a well researched, documented, written, impressive and devastating pa­per. This piece adds considerably to the […]

The movement of people is a major focus of study in Human Geography. Why movement takes place, where it is to, and when it happens are questions that geographers ask about cultural phenomena such as religious pilgrimages, sporting events, civil conflicts, economic and political changes, and tourism. In rela­tion to the latter, which is today’s […]

This paper raises a question in its title and proceeds to provide an answer in a very scholarly fashion. The origins of the welfare state are amply documented to­gether with its shortcomings as it has developed in Europe. Worthwhile ethical distinctions are made with respect to the tension between security and free­dom. The punchline is […]

This paper provides the beginnings of a discussion on a topic that is both of the utmost importance and that has been somewhat neglected until recently. It should be viewed as a collection of subtopics for fur­ther discussion rather than as a definitive assessment of any particular item. With this view in mind, I of­fer […]