…show prices, but sizes of items. Lempert says packaged goods makers should have to put the word “new” on the label if they take away even 1 ounce and explain…

…The notion that Boomers are inherently selfish was not invented by privatizers, instead they latched onto a theme that had been developing since about 1964 when the first Boomers arrived…

…or actual sales) has returned, approximately, to the level of 1998.* The problem, as I noted more than two years ago, is that, even ignoring that the numbers are more…

William Polley wonders out loud as well: The WSJ Real Time Economics Blog opens a post with this: “Back in 2003, when the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to 1%,…

Having installed a cloud widget on the left sidebar, contributors and guest posters should label their contributions from now on so the widget can keep the references updated. Past posts…

…for good policy against which regulations, redefined as nontariff barriers (NTBs), should be measured and justified only exceptionally. Members believing there to be many justifiable exceptions thus had to defend…

…a sensor that will monitor levels of neurotransmitters in a patient’s brain. The device has enabled them to study chemical changes associated with behaviour and disease. Last year, researchers at…

The headlines read Valentine flowers boost US economy Wilting flowers When researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel put cut flowers in a weak solution of Viagra — one-fiftieth the amount…

…most observers. The Washington Post has details of this latest round of tax cuts deferrals: GOP Reaches Deal on Tax Cuts [Deferrals] House and Senate Republican negotiators reached a final…

Interestingly, Bush and Cheney seem to be quite willing to alienate independent and moderate voters. Cheney says that people who question the administration’s handling of Iraq intelligence before the US…