Desire Modification: the ultimate technology

Posted by | 9:07 AM
"It's not having what you want/ It's wanting what you've got" - Sheryl Crow "We sell you the serenity to accept t...

American growth could be higher than the pessimists think!

Posted by | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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...