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May 26, 2020 · May 26, 2020. The Economics Department mourns the loss of Professor Alberto Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, who passed away on May 23rd, 2020. He was the chair of the department from 2003-2006, a member of the National Bureau for Economic Research, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Econometric Society.
May 27, 2020 · Harvard file photo. Alberto Alesina, one of the world’s most influential economists who applied economic analysis to thorny social and political problems and helped found the field of modern political economy, died Saturday at age 63 of an apparent heart attack while hiking with his wife, Susan. He taught at Harvard for more than three decades.
Feb 2, 2022 · Alberto Alesina, a deeply loved and respected colleague, friend, and mentor in the Harvard Department of Economics, was one of the founders of modern political economy. It is hard to overstate the impact he had on economics. He took a genuinely interdisciplinary approach that combined economics with political science, sociology, history, and ...
- 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...
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.
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
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May 28, 2020 · Politicians were once fond of citing research co-authored by Kenneth Rogoff, an economist, to warn that public debt exceeding 90% of a country’s GDP would crimp growth. Today Mr Rogoff advises ...
