Classical conservatives

Posted by | 10:52 AM
Two or three centuries ago, while the Enlightenment was undweray in Europe, and revolution was afoot in America and France, there were some ...

Restoration of the United States

Posted by | 8:51 AM
Here's an interesting column by Fareed Zakaria . As usual, his topic is how the U.S. can restore its prestige, power, world leadership, ...

Price gouging my eye!

Posted by | 6:25 PM
Ditto Robert Samuelson . Sure, the public hates high gas prices, but it's time to stop demagoguing the issue and accusing oil companies ...

China and the U.S. - one of us in this room is a sucker

Posted by | 7:59 PM
Greg Mankiw finally tosses his hat into the China policy debate ring. His basic claim: China's exchange rate peg hurts only China, and o...

Yglesias: fight for liberal policies on their own merits

Posted by | 9:57 AM
There's a reason Matt Yglesias is my favorite blogger. It's because, once in a while, he pops out with something so true, and so fun...

Thought of the Week - are Chavez and Putin good for the environment?

Posted by | 1:25 PM
For those who don't know, the " Pigou Club " is a name econ bloggers use to refer to anyone who is in favor of Pigovian taxes ...

Econ smackdown: China battle!

Posted by | 5:30 PM
As the (probably useless) "Strategic Dialogue" between the U.S.'s and China's trade representatives gets underway , the ec...

More on China from James Mann

Posted by | 8:55 AM
I'm not exactly sure what James Mann's qualifications are as a China scholar; he's listed as "author in residence at Johns ...

Reform in China: He's right and he's right?

Posted by | 12:45 PM
For those of you interested in U.S.-China relations, there's a very interesting debate in this week's Foreign Policy magazine betw...

The Democrats and Trade

Posted by | 8:32 AM
Fareed Zakaria takes the Democrats to task in his latest Newsweek column for drifting toward protectionism. But he offers precious few exam...

Beneficial inequality and cost-increasing innovations...?

Posted by | 7:19 PM
At the risk of turning Noahpinion into an econ blog...a second economics-related post in a row! Gary Becker writes in AEI's online magaz...

Don't apply for med school just yet

Posted by | 8:13 AM
It's a little wonkish, but this post about outsourcing is a great one (hat tip, once again, to Yglesias ). Basically, the famed economi...