“Cui Bono” as defined by the eternally comprehensive Wikipedia:
“To whose benefit?”, literally “as a benefit to whom?” – is a Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be.
For the authors of this blog “cui bono?” is also a question that’s remarkably unavoidable when discussing the economic aspects of public policy or questions of political economy more generally. While we never pretend to have an answer to this humble two-word question we believe it’s a question worth asking more often than not and our sometimes specualtive answers are worth sharing with our readers.
The Cui Bono blog will be written mostly in Estonian with an occasional post in English for people outside Estonia who are interested in what classical liberal minded Estonians are writing about. Occasionally there will be posts in English that will provide an alternative point of view for questions that concern Estonia and Estonians for our non-Estonian followers.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Meelis Kitsing is a doctoral student at University of Massachusetts Amherst. His main interests are international and comparative political economy. Meelis has two master’s degrees – one from London School of Economics and the other from Tufts University in Boston. For the past seven years Meelis has mostly lived in the US, while before that he spent a year living in London. You can find additional information on Meelis as well as his research and articles on his webpage.
Jüri Saar is a development manager at an infrastructure-engineering company as well as a partner in a consulting firm. Before that he was the manager of Ülemiste Business Incubator, where he also kept a blog aimed at promoting and encouraging entrepreneurship. Jüri has a master’s degree from Lund University in Sweden and his master’s thesis has been mentioned in the Marginal Revolution and New York Times Freakonomics blogs. For the past five years Jüri has also been writing Vabalog – a personal blog with a libertarian bent.
Paul Vahur is an entrepreneur and investor. Since 2000 until quite recently he ran IceGold Ltd. Paul lives and works in Tallinn. He’s been an active promoter of libertarian causes and often the lone Estonian representative in various international libertarian conferences. In 2007 he founded the Estonian Free Society Institute, which is also the supporter of this blog.
