I’m Alexander. I’m a software engineer who loves economics. I don’t have an official credential as my major was in computing, but I enjoy reading economics, and do it almost daily. It’s my favourite nonfiction genre. I’ve read and enjoyed Cowen, Stiglitz, Caplan, Hanson, Banerjee and Duflo, etc. I’ve taken one economics class under Borland, who’s done some work on economic progress, such as showing that learning-by-doing plays a role in the evolution of countries to greater specialisation in production (Yang and Borland 1991).
Some of my favourite economics books include Stubborn Attachments by Cowen, Creating a Learning Society by Stiglitz and Poor Economics by Banerjee and Duflo. I find myself more interested in cutting-edge growth than catch-up growth, and would like to understand how cutting-edge growth works, and how we can sustain it.
I’m interested in shaping my career to have marginally more impact on economic progress than I currently do. I plan to do that by working on building a new vertical rather than working in a competitive space with many slightly differentiated alternatives. More competitive markets, with many firms, are likely to be less innovative.
I’m Alexander. I’m a software engineer who loves economics. I don’t have an official credential as my major was in computing, but I enjoy reading economics, and do it almost daily. It’s my favourite nonfiction genre. I’ve read and enjoyed Cowen, Stiglitz, Caplan, Hanson, Banerjee and Duflo, etc. I’ve taken one economics class under Borland, who’s done some work on economic progress, such as showing that learning-by-doing plays a role in the evolution of countries to greater specialisation in production (Yang and Borland 1991).
Some of my favourite economics books include Stubborn Attachments by Cowen, Creating a Learning Society by Stiglitz and Poor Economics by Banerjee and Duflo. I find myself more interested in cutting-edge growth than catch-up growth, and would like to understand how cutting-edge growth works, and how we can sustain it.
I’m interested in shaping my career to have marginally more impact on economic progress than I currently do. I plan to do that by working on building a new vertical rather than working in a competitive space with many slightly differentiated alternatives. More competitive markets, with many firms, are likely to be less innovative.