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Is America's financialization China's fault?

Posted by Unknown | 6:05 PM
This morning, as I read the latest big expose on the continuing financialization of America's economy (this one courtesy of the excelle...
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A proposal for Greg Mankiw's Economics 10 course

Posted by Unknown | 3:01 PM
First, let me say that I think it's a tad silly to walk out of a survey course because you think it's biased and incomplete, before...
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No, a science major does not guarantee you a job...

Posted by Unknown | 11:00 AM
Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy is someone I respect a great deal, and I love his blog. But in this post , he tells one of the most blatant who...
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Let them eat NGDP

Posted by Unknown | 3:18 PM
This weekend, at an INET conference, Mike Konczal of Rortybomb made the excellent point that the econ blogosphere is probably adding more ...
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"NGDP targeting" means "print money and buy stuff"

Posted by Unknown | 3:31 PM
The econ blogosphere is afire with talk of "NGDP targeting." I don't have a huge amount to add to this discussion, but this po...
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Niall Ferguson does not know what "Western Civilization" means

Posted by Unknown | 6:32 PM
"The blood of Numenor is all but spent, its pride and dignity forgotten." - Elrond I am forced to break my self-imposed blogging m...
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Another blogging hiatus

Posted by Unknown | 6:58 PM
Work calls again. Regular blogging will resume November 3. In the meantime, satisfy your Noahpinion cravings by staring at this cute picture...
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I mug pandas

Posted by Unknown | 4:23 PM
Two things I don't understand. The first is why people think pandas are so unbearably cute. They're not bad, but I think they are ou...
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Rational Expectations vs. Heliocentrism

Posted by Unknown | 2:12 PM
More philosophy-of-science blogging... It's not often that I take strong exception to a Matt Yglesias point, but today is one of those d...
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Three cheers for Sargent & Sims, one and a half for the "Economics Nobel"

Posted by Unknown | 5:44 PM
Today, as you may have heard, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, more commonly called the "Eco...
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Baxter & King 1993: Why government spending isn't just moving money around

Posted by Unknown | 10:43 AM
This is the first in a series of posts called "Papers You Should Know". I believe one of the essential roles of econ blogs should ...
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"Industrial Complexes" and the Great Relocation

Posted by Unknown | 6:27 PM
Paul Krugman created the theory that inspired my Great Relocation idea, so perhaps it's natural for him to invoke it regarding Congress...
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