Predictions about the future

Posted by | 8:19 PM
The WSJ and other conservative outlets are fond of claiming that either government spending and/or low interest rates are raising the risk o...

Harold Meyerson reads my mind

Posted by | 7:34 AM
Harold Meyerson, on U.S. political institutions and national strength : I don't mean to sound nostalgic for the Cold War, but we've...

The Economist vs. The Economist (on China trade policy)

Posted by | 1:47 PM
I had always assumed that The Economist fairly tightly controlled the views that their stable of bloggers expressed, forcing them to maintai...

What next?

Posted by | 6:26 PM
Health Care Reform was the biggie - the thing that Democrats had been pushing for for decades, the expansion of the social safety net that p...

The In-Crowd isn't so In anymore

Posted by | 10:51 AM
About a month ago, a conservative friend told me that most Americans didn't favor the health care reform bill. At the time, he was right...

China Bash Week: a summary

Posted by | 8:21 AM
For the last week, this blog has been all China, all the time. Why? Arguably, the approaching nail-biting climax of America's health car...

Avent v. Krugman on China trade policy

Posted by | 9:30 AM
Epic blog war between Ryan Avent of The Economist and Paul Krugman of the New York Times ! First Krugman wrote this column urging the U.S....

China's new 'tude

Posted by | 4:26 AM
John Pomfret, a veteran China hand, reports : China's government has embraced an increasingly anti-Western tone in recent months and is ...

Should we tweak the Dragon's tail?

Posted by | 6:51 AM
Questions about China's currency all come down to whether or not the U.S. should put pressure on China to appreciate the yuan. As the U....

Robert Lucas and the Cargo Cult that is modern macroeconomics

Posted by | 12:25 PM
I'm going to rearrange a DeLong blog post and add some Feynman. Robert Lucas, founder of modern macroeconomics, and chief proponent of ...

A functioning political system is a necessity for a strong economy

Posted by | 7:19 AM
Want to understand why government debt is bad? Read Paul Krugman's awesome blog post : [I]f...interest rates are at...zero...why should ...