We provided a short answer to the Tyler Cowen test involving the Michael Mandel question on the importance of savings. James Hamilton takes our answer to the next level. Update:…

Michael Hoffman forwarded to us an interesting short paper showing the lack of an empirical relationship between the exchange rate and the current account. He summarizes the underlying theoretical construct…

Michael Ventre weighs in on the SpongeBob controversy with this definition of “Crackpot Christians”: But of course, not all Christians are alike. Many, if not most, Christians understand the true…

…when it comes to his own analysis. On the pro-reform side, Porter interviews certified genius Michael Kremer, progressive advocate Dean Baker, and Aidan Hollis. Hollis is an economist from Canada…

Life in the Land of Programming Executives So I’m a bit late on this one, but in the wake of hiring noted Jackass Michael Weiner/Savage, MSNBC now has added Peggy…

More Liberal Media The NYT managed to put out a 26 paragraph story on the rise and fall of Ashleigh Banfield without ever mentioning noted jackass, Michael Weiner (a.k.a. Michael…

Bush Eats the Press Michael Crowley has a nice piece in the New York Observer on Bush’s Iraq Press Conference: In other words: They … wuz … used! The press…

Guest post by Michael Cahill The Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund: Why it needs to succeed for America’s Economic Future What will it take for the Affordable…

…friend Michael Ledeen will thank me for ascribing authorship to him and he may have only been semi-serious when he crafted it, but here is the bedrock tenet of the…

…West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, Delaware’s Chris Coons and Tom Carper, and Colorado’s Michael Bennett have all said they support cuts to entitlements in letters to constituents, proposed bills or statements…