…vaginal creams. The controversy There may be some validity to a limited change in the label of female hormone replacement products. The original study showing the potential for harm from…

…MSNBC, and others. And more, most of it indicative of a desire to have state-controlled media instead of a free press. “FCC Broadcast Accountability” came under the label of “Reform.”…

…planned economy, Vietnam’s post-1986 Doi Moi market reforms, and China’s state capitalism today all operate under “communist” party rule while functioning in structurally incompatible ways.” What’s going on here? It…

…and increases in expected future inflation. Finally there is a Taylor rule with the nominal interest rate increasing more than one for one in lagged inflation and decreasing in lagged…

I’m devastated that Christian Rudder hasn’t posted to the OKTrends blog for more than a year.* He did statistical analysis of the monstrous database of OK Cupid — a dating…

In her post earlier today on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, the sort-of-Citizens–United-like case argued yesterday in the Supreme Court, Linda discusses the issue that was supposed to be the…

…Treasury – Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) Approves Final Rule Barring Unfair Credit Card Practices – Takes Effect July 1, 2010; Fact Sheet; and Final Rule full text 12/18 Fed…

…restore the up-tick rule permanently. This bill will require SEC to implement a rule that blocks short sales without an up-tick in the market. On September 19, 2008, the SEC…

…But to see discussion of the 45% rule try this: http://www.ncpssm.org/news/archive/vp_45_percent_trigger/ What the 45% rule does is establish a trigger. As soon as the General Fund share of Medicare hits…

We have heard numerous NRO pundits hammer the FED for not following some sort of price-rule for monetary policy. Their version of a price-rule is often a commodity price-rule as…