Economists have long been interested in the performance of specific regional economies and the forces driving a particular economy. The McCarthy–Steindel and Kuttner– Sbordone studies of the New York metropolitan area follow in this tradition. McCarthy and Steindel focus on documenting the performance of New York relative to that of the nation and distinguishing the roles of national and region...

Kuttner and Shim take on a very ambitious and worthwhile task, for which they deserve to be congratulated. The questions that they pose, and the answers they seek, are central to the design of macroprudential policy in the post-crisis era. Their paper brings together a very large dataset, spanning more than 50 economies over three decades. And it carefully catalogues all the policy measures tha...

The central claim that understanding quantum mechanics requires a conscious observer, which is made by B. Rosenblum and F. Kuttner in their book “Quantum Enigma: Physics encounters consciousness”, is shown to be based on various misunderstandings and distortions of the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Inside Front Cover In article number 2100453, Kuttner, Liz-Marzán, Seifert and co-workers demonstrate mechano-optical nanostructures with reversibly tunable lattice-plasmon resonances consisting of self-assembled superlattices on stretchable substrates. Macroscopic mechanical strain allows a single lattice structure to be adapted both red-shifted blue-shifted excitation lines for maximum surfac...

The central claim that understanding quantum mechanics requires a conscious observer, which is made made by B. Rosenblum and F. Kuttner in their book ”Quantum Enigma: Physics encounters consciousnes”, is shown to be based on various misunderstandings and distortions of the foundations of quantum mechanics.