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Does mercantilism "work"?

Posted by Unknown | 2:09 PM
I recently had a Twitter conversation with (probably) Karl Smith  Adam Ozimek (who shares a Twitter account with his co-bloggers), about whe...
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Filling a hole or priming the pump?

Posted by Unknown | 8:46 PM
Who knew that neoclassical economists had something perspicacious to add to the stimulus debate?  Steve Williamson  sends me to  this AEA ta...
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A standard Republican narrative of history

Posted by Unknown | 2:10 PM
John Cochrane has a new post up in which he discusses the historical importance of Milton Friedman's book Free to Choose  (a book I hav...
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Seven principles for arguing with economists

Posted by Unknown | 8:02 PM
In the increasingly contentious world of pop economics, you - whether an educated layperson, an economist-in-training, or even a professiona...
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Welcome, economist, to the desert of the real

Posted by Unknown | 11:28 AM
One more post before I stop my unprecedented blogging frenzy. I'll make it a philosophy-of-science one. Back in September, Frances Wooll...
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Japan had one lost decade, but not two

Posted by Unknown | 11:33 AM
Matt Yglesias thinks that Japan did indeed have two lost decades (1990-2007). But I disagree with the arguments he makes. I believe that 20...
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The new ethics rules won't hurt and might even help

Posted by Unknown | 11:30 AM
I was busy interviewing for jobs at the AEA Meeting this past weekend, so I missed lots of cool stuff (including the apparent hijacking of t...
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Paul Krugman and the polemical style of blogging

Posted by Unknown | 12:44 PM
Just got back from the AEA Meeting, where I happened to run into a lot of cool bloggers, including Mark Thoma, Ryan Avent, Alex Tabarrok, Ju...
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Conservatism: Always at war with some part of America

Posted by Unknown | 12:21 PM
More catch-up blogging...I'm overdue for a broadside against the conservative movement, so here goes. Many people think of the conservat...
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What are asset bubbles and why do they happen?

Posted by Unknown | 12:36 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to go the American Economic Association's annual meeting, to interview for economics jobs. (For the uninitiated, ...
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Is debt a burden on future generations? It depends.

Posted by Unknown | 8:53 PM
Does government debt impose a burden on future generations? Paul Krugman says no . Nick Rowe says yes . But they're talking about differ...
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Actually, I don't think David Romer is batty at all...

Posted by Unknown | 1:57 PM
Scott Sumner thinks I am too quick to bash other people's blog posts without first doing my due diligence: Noah Smith is a very smart gu...
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