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In memoriam: Alberto Alesina, 1957-2020 . Alberto Alesina passed away last Saturday, at the age of 63. It will take me a long time to get over the shock and pain of his death, but I wanted to share some thoughts about this most intelligent of scholars and most generous of human beings. I first met Alberto over 30 years ago.
Aug 17, 2020 · Alberto Alesina passed away last May, at the age of sixty-three. It will take me a long time to get over the shock and pain of his death, but I wanted to share some thoughts about this most intelligent of scholars and most generous of human beings. I first met Alberto over thirty years ago. Guido Tabellini was then my colleague in economics (I ...
- The Father of Political Economy
- The Optimal Number of Nations
- Democracies Give Us Too Many
- He Is Already Missed
The modern field of political economy views the political process as a critical determinant of economic outcomes. It might be that political instability threatens economic growth, or that political programs designed to redistribute income or wealth hinder or help growth, depending on their design. Whatever they do, political processes and instituti...
It is hard to understate the importance of this body of work, one which no doubt the Nobel Committee would have recognised one day. But for me there is one strand that captures the breadth and creativity of his scholarship. What is the optimal size and number of nations? This is breathtaking question that one might suspect is reserved for a statesm...
On the other hand, larger countries are better at self insuring against shocks and have bigger markets, with less need to worry about neighbours. Put more technically, governments internalise externalities. The implications are as far reaching as the question. Alesina and Spolaore showed that the process of democratisation leads to secessions: we s...
Alberto was the epitome of great scholar. He posed deep and important questions central to both politics and the economy. And he showed how those questions could be answered with the mathematical and statistical tools of social science. Very few scholars create a field, let alone one that encompasses profound issues. Those of us whose lives he touc...
May 31, 2020 · Professor Who ‘Made the Whole Program More Human,’ Dies at 63 Alberto Alesina served as chair of the Harvard Economics department from 2003 to 2006. By Courtesy of the Harvard Economics Department
May 24, 2020 · Alberto Alesina, a prominent Harvard University economist and expert on austerity, has died at age 63, Italian media reported. Alesina, who received his doctorate from Harvard and headed its ...
May 25, 2020 · Indeed, says Peter Boettke, University Professor at George Mason University, Alesina had become “the last great voice for fiscal responsibility within the elite of the economic profession.” Alesina should be remembered also for his ability to hunt until he discovered credible metrics that explain economies and societies—and their mysteries.
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