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The Great Ricardian Equivalence Throwdown!
The liberty of local bullies
Posted by Unknown | 1:44 PM
I have not been surprised by any of the quotes that have recently come to light from Ron Paul's racist newsletters . I grew up in Texas...
Wages and the Great Vacation: Casey Mulligan responds
Posted by Unknown | 3:00 PM
Two posts back, I explained why the " Great Vacation " idea doesn't pass the smell test . If U.S. unemployment had been caused...
A satisfactory philosophy of ignorance (John Cochrane edition)
Posted by Unknown | 4:09 PM
"I feel a responsibility as a scientist who knows the great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance...I feel a responsibility.....
I shall now debunk the "Great Vacation" in one sentence.
Posted by Unknown | 12:11 PM
"I refute it thus!" - Bishop Berkeley Chad Stone explains the "Great Vacation" hypothesis : The “Great Vacation” narrati...
Delusions of helplessness, monetarist edition
Posted by Unknown | 11:33 AM
I'm very sorry to do this, but today I must hit Scott Sumner with the Bat Boy pic. Bat Boy is deployed whenever an econ blogger makes a ...
A hideous anti-immigrant attack
Posted by Unknown | 2:42 PM
Dhammika Dharmapala is a law professor at the University of Illinois. My friend David Agrawal at UMich (one of our strongest job candidate...
Hoover Institute recommends Hooverite policies
Posted by Unknown | 3:14 PM
Via John Taylor, today's "dog bites man" story : Why has the recovery been so slow? What can we do about it? Alan Greenspan, G...
What to teach intro economics students
Posted by Unknown | 7:52 PM
Greg Mankiw has a good response to the walkout of his introductory econ course, which basically agrees with what I wrote . Peter Dorman, ho...
Harrison & Kreps 1978: The power of irrational expectations
Posted by Unknown | 12:27 PM
In the past few weeks I've had discussions with several different people about why financial markets are different from normal markets. ...