Resem Makan

Resem Makan is an Economics PhD student at the University of Washington. Before this, he was at the Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) where he studied Quantitative Economics. He grew up in Nagaland, Aizawl, and Shillong, and thus feels a part of everywhere.

economics, minimum wage, alan kreuger, princeton, obama

Opinion, PoliticsApril 1, 2019

A Rockstar Rests

By Resem Makan

The passing of Alan Krueger last week is not the first of a top-level economist that I have had to read, and it certainly…

CultureJanuary 27, 2019

We Are Hillbillies Too.

By Resem Makan

I have come to accept that I would be relieved of my regret of not sharing my thoughts on J.D. Vance’s book “Hillbilly Elegy”…

CultureDecember 10, 2018

Retracing The Hitch

By Resem Makan

There are many who can write as well as they can speak; this can be, at best, mildly impressive. But there are only a…