…merit (and others’ lack thereof to reflect lack of merit), and ultimately to make them “more callous, self-absorbed, and self-justifying than the people they represent.” Id. In 2009, Michael Kraus,…
…have advanced. *Michael D. Bordo;Claudia Goldin;Eugene N. White. The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) (p….
…of old wives the way most people dispose of old socks), Romney has now announced that he will release returns plus an estimate of his 2011 taxes due. See Michael…
…true. I believe his prescription for recovery is generally very bad, though. 3) In comments to my previous Angry Bear post, Bob McManus directed us to the writings of Michael…
…in December 2011. A quick look at my feed shows several takes on S&P’s action: the Economist’s Free Exchange comments on the now soft-core country, France; Michael Schuman hammers out…
A boom in shale gas? Credit the feds. By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus (hat tip to Barry Ritholtz) Since the high-profile bankruptcy of Solyndra, the solar company that received…
…not be the best explanation for the decrease already in train in the participation rate. “Demographic trends are pushing down, over time, the normal labor force participation rate,” said Michael…
by Robert Waldmann (lifted from Stochastic Thoughts) Fiction In the Washington Post I don’t want to make this a daily feature but Anthony Faiola and Michael Birnbaum made it hard…
…the tax hikes that Newt seems to be advocating in context. For this, I’m going to steal a graph from Presimetrics, the book I coauthored with Michael Kanell. In it,…
…history and shift blame from the bad ideas and terrible policies that created it. In particular, Barry is interested in this: Take for example New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s statement…