Posted by Unknown | 8:47 PM

There is a line of analysis that I see a lot in the press, that goes like this: For thousands of years, China economically dominated the wor...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:15 PM

"He knew that you could trust no one. No one. Ever. Not your wife. Not your brother. Not your oldest comrade. No one. Ever." - And...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:26 AM

Keeping with my recent "Japan" theme, I have a piece up at the Atlantic about one thing that Japan undeniably does better than us...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:11 PM

Bryan Caplan is a thinker who is famous for his introspection. When he asks a question - "Why do people go to college?", or "...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:02 AM

In general, I share some of the concerns of Nicholas Eberstadt, who writes in the Wall Street Journal lamenting the explosion of entitlement...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:07 AM

"It's not having what you want/ It's wanting what you've got" - Sheryl Crow "We sell you the serenity to accept t...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:04 AM

Robert J. Gordon has a new NBER working paper  essay that really should cite Tyler Cowen, since it's all about a Great Stagnation in U.S...

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Posted by Unknown | 2:11 PM

You may have heard someone ask: "Will China have a soft landing or a hard landing?" Those terms aren't well-defined, but the q...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:08 PM

I have been known to tease a fellow blogger or two, but there is really only one writer who makes me truly mad, and that is British historia...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:39 AM

Via John Cochrane, I see that Kip Hagopian and Lee Ohanian have written a lengthy article about inequality . It's hard - no, impossible ...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:58 PM

Actually this post was just an excuse to post a picture of T-Pain. There are a number of terms thrown around in the econosphere that confuse...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:52 PM

For anyone who is interested in the Japanese economy, the recent paper by Takeo Hoshi and Takatoshi Ito is a must-read. Basically, it says ...

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