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Econ grad students and the Macro Wars

Posted by Unknown | 12:01 PM
In the blog world, there's been some argument as to what the younger generation really thinks about the whole "Macro Wars" th...
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Let's have a little chat about inflation...

Posted by Unknown | 9:09 PM
Inflation is one of those things that almost nobody who isn't an economist seems to understand (though that doesn't mean all economi...
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Why I love Michael Moore

Posted by Unknown | 7:45 PM
I've seen four Michael Moore films: Roger and Me , The Big One , Bowling for Columbine , and Sicko . I've seen him speak twice, once...
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New Atlantic column: The case for a Federal University System

Posted by Unknown | 2:46 PM
My new column in the Atlantic makes the case that we should establish a Federal University System in parallel to the state and private syst...
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Public perceptions of freshwater macro

Posted by Unknown | 6:02 PM
Cato scholar and Forbes writer Timothy B. Lee is hardly what you'd call a liberal. Nevertheless, he's written a scathing column on ...
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Murphy's Law? or, Follies of a Finite Physicist

Posted by Unknown | 9:33 AM
"Murphy was an optimist." - Unknown It's two years later, and I'm still being linked to Tom Murphy's famous blog post...
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Why war might really be over (and why it might not)

Posted by Unknown | 4:19 PM
In his new book The Better Angels of Our Nature , Steve Pinker demonstrates that war and violence have declined worldwide, and speculates as...
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Asian-Americans destroy the "maker/taker" narrative

Posted by Unknown | 8:00 PM
The absurd outburst of Nate Silver Denialism was just the most egregious example of the alternate reality bubble that the American conservat...
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Should I read Casey Mulligan's book?

Posted by Unknown | 11:55 AM
Casey Mulligan has a new book out, called  The Redistribution Recession , advancing his unorthodox ideas about the cause of the Great Recess...
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New Atlantic column: Who will be better for the economy, Obama or Romney?

Posted by Unknown | 10:58 AM
I have a new column up in the Atlantic , which tries to answer the question of "Which candidate will be better for the economy?". ...
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How not to criticize Japan

Posted by Unknown | 1:25 PM
I will be the first to tell you that Japan has serious problems. Chief among these, in my estimation, are A) a dysfunctional labor market, B...
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Why predict percentages?

Posted by Unknown | 9:53 AM
"I'll bet you $20 that there's a 70% chance that Obama will win the election." That's a bet nobody will ever collect o...
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