Ry is angry, but not surprised
The (first) stimulus bill passed with zero Republican support . To those of us old enough to remember the last time we had a Democrat's...
the bankS
Obama's administration is still squeamish about outright nationalization of banks. According to Geithner and Summers, this is because go...
Krugman/Thoma/DeLong: "Real Business Cycle" Theory is Teh St00pid
Amid all the arguing about the effectiveness of this or that kind of fiscal stimulus, the big liberal econ bloggers hadn't gotten aroun...
Terrorism as fund-raising
The Economist this week reports on the decline of al-Qaeda - due, somewhat predictably, to a combination of external pressure and intra-jih...
Manipulative
Tim Geithner, in a break with Bush policy, has accused China of "manipulating its currency." In terms of plausibility, this is rat...
If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'
Never again will I make fun of China for faking stuff at the Olympic opening ceremonies. Not when our finest musicians pull a Milli Vanilli ...
It's the Marignal Cost, stupid!
Once again.
Economics explained, unfortunately
Nationalize Teh Banks!
Paul Krugman thinks we should nationalize our banks . Felix Salmon thinks we should nationalize our banks . Willem Buiter thinks we should n...
Can't win em all
The Economist's awesome Bush retrospective points out something unprecedented about Bush's response to 9/11: Sean Wilentz, a histor...
On second thought, let the door hit you in the ass on the way out
The Economist, on economic and international issues, is generally perceived as a right-leaning magazine. So it's really worth a "Wo...
