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New Atlantic column: the Alternative Asia Plan

A monetary policy pop quiz

Posted by Unknown | 9:53 PM
I freely admit that I don't understand monetary policy incredibly well. Sure, I solved some New Keynesian models in my field classes. I ...
Hive minds of various kinds

Posted by Unknown | 8:26 PM
One common racist characterization of East Asians is that they are hive creatures, working and thinking collectively like bees or ants, lack...
EconoTrolls: An Illustrated Bestiary

Posted by Unknown | 12:11 AM
In your journey through the Econ Blogosphere, you will be beset by a great many curious and interesting species of EconoTroll. At first you ...
Engineering vs. "Science" in macroeconomics

Posted by Unknown | 5:29 PM
I like Simon Wren-Lewis a lot, not just because he has a beard, but because he's one of the few people still talking about macroeconomic...
Time to Japanic?

Posted by Unknown | 10:49 AM
The Atlantic has a big story on the impending Japanese crash ; one of the authors is the brilliant Simon Johnson. Excerpts: About half of th...
New Atlantic piece: How to beat global warming
Posted by Unknown | 12:24 PM
My new Atlantic piece is out, entitled "The End of Global Warming: How to Save the Earth in 2 Easy Steps". I kind of disagree wi...
Has Tim Worstall made the case for one-way free trade?

Posted by Unknown | 1:08 PM
At Forbes , Tim Worstall attempts a critique (or, in blog parlance, a smackdown) of my last post , on one-way free trade. I want to thank T...
A parable of one-way free trade

Posted by Unknown | 8:40 AM
Trade policy is the Third Rail of Economics, because economists tell ourselves that free trade is the one thing all reasonable economists ca...