Just a reminder that #diaspora is an inherently complex heterogeneous concept defined by its nonlinearities…. Nothing is guaranteed as far as home country engagement. More in here agevorkyan.com/diaspora/

Here are the charts for Serbia and Moldova as well, via @wid.world

Some interesting trends in #TransitionEconomies #inequality (tks to @ourworldindata.org for making it easy to put these together): inequality is relatively high BUT it was higher (1995 vs 2024) measured w/Gini. Big surprises are probably Latvia, Lithuania in 2024...

Some interesting trends in #TransitionEconomies #inequality (tks to @ourworldindata.org for making it easy to put these together): inequality is relatively high BUT it was higher (1995 vs 2024) measured w/Gini. Big surprises are probably Latvia, Lithuania in 2024...

What de-industrialization looks like in the small post-socialist economies... + rising income #inequality.... new substack proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

What a positioning!:) Amazon and its unbeatable algorithms... So, please, go ahead, do it! ))) buy them both:) url here b/ @bsky.app says they don’t downgrade :) goo.gl/HGy6pt

What a positioning!:) Amazon and its unbeatable algorithms... So, please, go ahead, do it! ))) buy them both:) url here b/ @bsky.app says they don’t downgrade :) goo.gl/HGy6pt

Here's a video from our Tuesday's conversation on #AI adoption across the world with reflections on Armenia, Georgia, Germany, Japan and beyond... via @HGSSSNYC youtu.be/e5q2-hDOfdk

Required reading while researching with students for the project on congestion pricing in #NYC

De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism… proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism… proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

📢 Call for Papers: 16th Annual Meeting of the Armenian Economic Association (AEA) 2026 Looking to present your research at a high-level, general-interest economics conference? Funding: Limited travel grants available Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/28/t...

“That’s not how macroeconomic development works.” Across small former socialist economies, most of their economic output and population are concentrated in the sprawling capital cities. New substack⤵️ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

“That’s not how macroeconomic development works.” Across small former socialist economies, most of their economic output and population are concentrated in the sprawling capital cities. New substack⤵️ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

What de-industrialization looks like in the small post-socialist economies... + rising income #inequality.... new substack proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

What does Adam Smith have to do with macroeconomic development and income inequality in small post-socialist economies? Read more in ‘De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism…’ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

What does Adam Smith have to do with macroeconomic development and income inequality in small post-socialist economies? Read more in ‘De-industrialization, primate city, and income inequality after socialism…’ proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

New Substack (plz subscribe & share): Despite their World Bank’s upper-middle-income classification, the small open post-socialist economies do not present an obvious story of sustainable economic growth and prosperity. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

New Substack (plz subscribe & share): Despite their World Bank’s upper-middle-income classification, the small open post-socialist economies do not present an obvious story of sustainable economic growth and prosperity. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/de-industr...

Read “that one” first and then the other or read both at once? That is the question…:) Congrats @brankomilan.bsky.social !

"...the concern with poverty works like an anesthetic to the bad conscience of the many."

New post: “The printing press, identity, and the formation of diaspora in early modernity - my review of Sebouh Aslanian's book” open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

In response, to a rightful challenge on my recent '#AI at universities' essay, the short answer can be "use it to learn but not to substitute for your own work"... The rest is in here⤵️

Comparative economics is an incredibly important subject that opens up a whole new world in understanding the macroeconomic and public policies dynamics as well as varying dimensions of complex social-cultural structures. More on that via @brankomilan.bsky.social

Snow day = carpets day to neighbors envy:-)

NEW - just published a chapter by Dmitry Pozhidaev in the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Post-Socialist Economies (that I'm editing)! The chapter covers #economic #history of the #Soviet Union 1917-1953 -- an incredibly interesting & informed analytical piece! READ: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

Several people have asked me for my recent syllabus. Here it is. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/files/2026/0... The title of this class is "From Pareto to the Kuznets waves", but it does cover (in one session), classical writers too.

NEW - just published a chapter by Dmitry Pozhidaev in the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Post-Socialist Economies (that I'm editing)! The chapter covers #economic #history of the #Soviet Union 1917-1953 -- an incredibly interesting & informed analytical piece! READ: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

Snow day = carpets day to neighbors envy:-)

Comparative economics is an incredibly important subject that opens up a whole new world in understanding the macroeconomic and public policies dynamics as well as varying dimensions of complex social-cultural structures. More on that via @brankomilan.bsky.social

"The true value and game changing AI-adoption practice, instead, will come from universities looking back into their origins..." new substack proseontherocks.substack.com/p/for-univer...

In response, to a rightful challenge on my recent '#AI at universities' essay, the short answer can be "use it to learn but not to substitute for your own work"... The rest is in here⤵️

New post is up: a mix of thoughts on AI and education open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

"The true value and game changing AI-adoption practice, instead, will come from universities looking back into their origins..." new substack proseontherocks.substack.com/p/for-univer...

New post is up: a mix of thoughts on AI and education open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

IN PRINT!!!!! Our paper with Samar Issa on the Lebanese #diaspora is now available in print in the first 2026 issue of the Review of Development Economics! doi.org/10.1111/rode...

Much pessimism about the economics profession. This year's #ASSA2026 reminded of that + see a reflection by @soumayakeynes.ft.com in @financialtimes.com [in comments]. But WHY? The answer is multidimensional. My Substack (read, like, subscribe, share): open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

“Publish or vanish” indeed - been receiving a lot of clearly AI generated papers for review past few months … preserving even ChatGPT formats (bold font subtitles etc) 🤷‍♂️

Much pessimism about the economics profession. This year's #ASSA2026 reminded of that + see a reflection by @soumayakeynes.ft.com in @financialtimes.com [in comments]. But WHY? The answer is multidimensional. My Substack (read, like, subscribe, share): open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

IN PRINT!!!!! Our paper with Samar Issa on the Lebanese #diaspora is now available in print in the first 2026 issue of the Review of Development Economics! doi.org/10.1111/rode...

The story of Italy is emblematic of western Europe. In 1952 when the modern GDP data begin, Italy's real GDP per capita was slightly less than twice the world average. It passed the 2 landmark in 1956. It continued its upward trajectory of the Trente Glorieuses.

Earlier this am (like 5am) catching @Amtrak to #ASSA2026. Lots of graduate students on the train + in the conf this year (not as many exhibitors as six years ago but). Is the annual grand meeting of economists @assameeting.bsky.social bouncing back?

So, how accurately does the Economic Complexity Index capture the “economic complexity”? Most recent evidence from very small #TransitionEconomies suggests that final goods production matters more than just exports… See you at the #ASSA2026 proseontherocks.substack.com/p/have-the-s...

In the new year, whatever else you do, keep climbing! [2025 at Khustup and Smbataberd]

New Substack! With transient economic successes, it is important to talk "industrial policy" or strategic macroeconomic development now in the very small open post-socialist economies. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/have-the-s...

New Substack! With transient economic successes, it is important to talk "industrial policy" or strategic macroeconomic development now in the very small open post-socialist economies. proseontherocks.substack.com/p/have-the-s...

New Substack post up... (and a review of How Global Currencies Work) "Amidst recent speculations on the US dollar's status as world's reserve, it is the history of currency rises and falls that offers a reasonable conceptual framework to ponder on the future." open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

Read and subscribe to Prose on the Rocks (aka my Substack) open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

New Substack post up... (and a review of How Global Currencies Work) "Amidst recent speculations on the US dollar's status as world's reserve, it is the history of currency rises and falls that offers a reasonable conceptual framework to ponder on the future." open.substack.com/pub/proseont...

I was reading @johncassidysays.bsky.social "Capitalism and its critics". Highly recommend. Very well written, easy to read, well-informed. Goes from Adam Smith to Piketty.