Posted by Unknown | 12:51 PM

Anyone who is interested in Japan or its economy, or just can't get enough of my writing, can go check out my latest guest post on Obse...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:14 AM

The basic idea of "free-market economics" is that, if properly regulated, markets will lead to an optimal (efficient) outcome. Thi...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:14 PM

I recently got banned from the TexAgs forum , while...um...using Ry's ID...(sheepish grin)... As near as we can tell, the offensive post...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:11 AM

Matt Yglesias points out the oddity of the fact that, even in this deflationary downturn, many conservatives are still focused on inflation...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:56 AM

Larry Kudlow is one of America's premier "hackonomists" - a bunch of people with little or no economics training who blather o...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:16 PM

In the late 70s, Robert Lucas - the true father of the "Chicago School" - came along and revolutionized macroeconomics. One of his...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:04 AM

I am absolutely disgusted at the treatment Michael Phelps has received after being photographed smoking marijuana. First, forced to make a ...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:24 AM

Reading Matt Yglesias' blog (which temporarily also features Ryan Avent and Brian Beutler) for stimulus news, I'm perceiving two con...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:27 AM

In the wake of the financial crisis and the subsequent recession, many of us have decried the "free-market fundamentalism" of eco...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:21 AM

Via Brian Beutler , I find that Joe the Plumber was invited to give a talk about the economics of the stimulus package at a meeting of Repu...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:01 AM

Sometimes, the best thing a blogger can do is provide a condensed version of another post or article. In this tradition, here is an edited v...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:36 PM

Ryan Avent warns that the "buy American" portion of the stimulus plan (stipulating that the government must make stimulus purchase...

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