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EconTalk Jumps the Shark

…what’s his excuse for this (B.A., English Literature, Penn; MBA Chicago)? Sadly, it appears he has stopped even pretending to be interested in economics, and has just decided to shill…

More on Dubner and Levitt II

It has long been a standard claim of economics—iirc, Robert Lucas was the first to say it aloud, though it may have been Gary Becker*—that a man who marries his…

The Death of Dick Day

…fully accepted, such as more heterodox approaches to evolutionary economics and econophysics.  Papers on both Marxist economics as well as Austrian economics appeared in the journal.  Dick had a broad…

RIP Tonu Puu

…various parts of economics, including industrial organization, urban and regional economics, macroeconomic dynamics, international and interregional trade, and even capital theory, with over 100 articles and into the teens of…

One Nation, Divisible

…all over the country. Another divide is along education level. Among the 15 States with the best public school systems, Obama carried 13, while among the 15 States with the…