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American growth could be higher than the pessimists think!
Posted by Unknown | 10:04 AM
Robert J. Gordon has a new NBER working paper essay that really should cite Tyler Cowen, since it's all about a Great Stagnation in U.S...
China lands
Posted by Unknown | 2:11 PM
You may have heard someone ask: "Will China have a soft landing or a hard landing?" Those terms aren't well-defined, but the q...
Niall, the British Empire is over. Accept it.
Posted by Unknown | 5:08 PM
I have been known to tease a fellow blogger or two, but there is really only one writer who makes me truly mad, and that is British historia...
Flinging spaghetti at inequality
Posted by Unknown | 6:39 AM
Via John Cochrane, I see that Kip Hagopian and Lee Ohanian have written a lengthy article about inequality . It's hard - no, impossible ...
What does "consumption-led growth" even mean?
Posted by Unknown | 9:58 PM
Actually this post was just an excuse to post a picture of T-Pain. There are a number of terms thrown around in the econosphere that confuse...
Financial repression, Japanese style
Posted by Unknown | 7:52 PM
For anyone who is interested in the Japanese economy, the recent paper by Takeo Hoshi and Takatoshi Ito is a must-read. Basically, it says ...
Hedge funds and Econ 101
Posted by Unknown | 11:49 PM
Felix Salmon has a very interesting post , detailing the fight between Simon Lack, author of The Hedge Fund Mirage: The Illusion of Big Mon...
The perils of Phlogistonomics
Posted by Unknown | 12:38 AM
In a recent post, Matt Yglesias complains about a kind of economic analysis that has always kind of bothered me. I've called it "l...
The Japanese tragedy, causes and consequences
Posted by Unknown | 3:22 AM
Ryan Avent has some new points in our debate over Japan's post-1990 economic performance (see my original post and Ryan's earlier p...
What happened to Japan?
Posted by Unknown | 2:08 AM
Sorry, dude, no one looks good in skinny jeans. Dig the curly mullet though. Since I'm in Japan, I had better do some Japan-related blog...