When will China pass America?

Posted by | 10:54 AM
Much is being made over the fact that China just passed Japan to claim the title of "world's second-biggest economy." Although...

Why dictatorships fail

Posted by | 9:51 AM
Dani Rodrik points out that, on average, democracies outperform dictatorships in terms of long-term economic growth and economic stability....

Why our country is going down the tubes, and what you can do about it

Posted by | 12:56 PM
America is caught in a spiral of decline and stagnation. Why? The most immediate cause is that we refuse to spend money on public goods : Th...
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Anti-manufacturing bias in the economics blogosphere

Posted by | 8:23 PM
The economics blog Vox claims that the U.S. will not be able to increase employment in the manufacturing sector through promotion of goods e...

The return of industrial policy

Posted by | 1:25 PM
The stars have aligned, and industrial policy is slowly starting to rise from its centuries-long slumber beneath the ocean floor... Preside...

Economic security

Posted by | 12:43 PM
In explaining the divisions between Democrats/liberals and Republicans/conservatives, I've often focused on cultural, regional, and raci...

Two Americas

Posted by | 12:22 PM
Back in the mid-century, we used to have an America with room for both conservatives and liberals. Liberals got to have activist government,...