Dois bons artigos

Um, sobre o Mágico de Oz e as supostas teorias econômicas lá implícitas:

Money and Politics in the Land of Oz
By Quentin P. Taylor

Abstract: L. Frank Baum claimed to have written The Wonderful Wizard of Oz “solely to pleasure the children” of his day, but scholars have found enough parallels between Dorothy’s yellow-brick odyssey and the politics of 1890s Populism to suggest otherwise. Did Baum intend to pen a subtle political satire on monetary reform or merely an entertaining fantasy?

Outro, sobre a subestimação do passado histórico sobre as análises atuais acerca das economias em transição.

The Hidden Inequality in Socialism
By David R. Henderson
Robert M. McNab
Tamás Rózsás

In recent years, researchers on transition economies have concluded that income inequality increased in the former socialist countries of eastern Europe and central Asia despite the liberalization of political and economic life. This judgment, however, places too much credence in the data reported by socialist planners and underestimates the cumulative effect of the myriad inequalities present under socialism.

Ambos, aqui.