New Atlantic column: the Alternative Asia Plan

Posted by | 12:40 PM
I have a new column up at the Atlantic, about the benefits of large-scale immigration from Asia . Key excerpts: For most of its history, Ame...

A monetary policy pop quiz

Posted by | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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...