About the Author
Charles I. Jones (Ph.D. MIT, 1993) is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones's main research contributions are to the study of long-run economic growth. In particular, he has examined theoretically and empirically the fundamental sources of growth in per capita income over time and the reasons underlying the enormous differences in standards of living across countries. In recent years, he has used his expertise in macroeconomic methods to study the economic causes behind the rise in health spending and longevity. He is the author of Introduction to Economic Growth, Second Edition, also published by W.W. Norton & Company.