…contradict both principles. Proponents of Trump’s cuts argued the corporate rate cut would trickle down to all Americans5. This is a foundational belief of “supply side” economics, a philosophy that…
…promoting his latest book, “The Return of Depression Economics,” which I later reviewed for the Chicago Tribune. A currency crisis had recently plunged a substantial share of the developing world…
…invitation to the Chicago Bears holiday get together (called a dinner and a party) by Gale Sayers. The only problem with this being, I was the granter of purchase orders…
…Currie, a former and highly respected professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, used to enjoy emphasizing that fact. Reacting to profound disagreement with the Supreme Court…
And an opportunity too! We were living in Michigan at the time. My wife being from NYC and I from Chicago have a taste for bagels and cream cheese. Onion…
…reported, paid a median insurance premium in 2023 of $5,450—less than residents paid in Glencoe, Illinois, an upscale Chicago suburb where homes are two-thirds cheaper and the risk of wildfire…
…exemptions so their kids don’t get required shots is rising. “In 2024, whooping cought cases reached a decade-high and 16 measles outbreaks, the largest among them in Chicago and Minnesota,…
Economics: The View from 35,000 Feet Air travel offers an opportunity to catch up on one’s reading. In my case, this means Marion Fourcade’s “Economics: A View from Below”, which…
…such an animal myself (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics: A Fresh Start), I’ve thought about many of the same questions. Differently. Issue #1: How do you teach the introductory economics courses if…
…in a forthcoming Journal of Economic Literature. It’s apparently part of a roundtable on the teaching of introductory economics, and not surprisingly Bowles and Carlin focus on the freely downloadable…