…lesson from his election-forecasting success. In that case, he pitted his statistical approach against campaign-narrative pundits, who turned out to know approximately nothing. What he seems to have concluded is…

A talk given by Christina Romer was very good. (Posted by Mark Thoma) She said many practical things about economic downturns. She loved to refer back to the Great Depression….

…is the director of the School of Economics at the University of Chile in Santiago, Chile. I want to talk about his idea of having a narrative when teaching economics,…

…their candidate’s defeat. Already, they are talking about a write-in campaign on his behalf. This  could split the Republican vote. At the same time, success may persuade African Americans and…

…Act (ACA) may be about to turn a corner, even among Republicans. This explains why Republican Party leaders who decide how to spend campaign dollars have begun backing away from…

This issue has been driving me crazy for a while, and I never see it written about. When responsible people talk about the national debt, they point to Debt Held…

…turn Ruskin mail carrier Doug Hughes decided to do something about it. “He announced his intentions to the local paper, wrote an email to [email protected], talked to the Secret Service…

Last week I made a presentation to the Colorado Assessors Association on tax increment financing (TIF) subsidies. With the organization’s permission, I am sharing the PowerPoint presentation for my talk,…

…of all I’m not shouting. It’s just sometimes when women talk people think we’re shouting,” Clinton said, as the audience applauded. “And second, I will not be silent, because we…