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Real Keynesians understand imbalanced trade

…demand as a result of this adverse trend, the U.S. economy continued to grow at a satisfactory rate because the balance of payments deficit was offset by a large and…

Note on student loans

…Wednesday to Congress, arguing that the nation’s credit crisis was beginning to have adverse effects on many colleges and universities. Mr. Bush and like-minded lawmakers repeatedly cited the possible effects…

Not Just Developing Countries

…under adverse conditions than if they were born under good conditions. It turns out that, indeed, they are more similar later in life if the starting position was bad. Conversely,…

Endocrines, excitoxins, and foresight

…of designing experiments to purposefully minimize findings of adverse effects. Budget cuts are not likely to move the research along or improve the quality of the risk assessment process. One…

Best evidence pitfalls

…Selective reporting of clinical trial results may have adverse consequences for researchers, study participants, health care professionals, and patients. This may be good for sales, but witholding limitations from doctors…

Fixing the Fiscal Nightmare

…imply a substantial increase in tax-avoiding behavior, particularly by the wealthy, and may also have adverse macroeconomic effects. However, this is an important possibility to consider. Enact other taxes. A…

Capital Gain Taxes & Investment: Risk and Return

…on capital gains and dividends about the same for most investors without changing any other feature of the corporate or personal income tax code, roughly eliminating those adverse conditions attributable…

Wonkery

…in: Some people are saying that in an adverse political environment, research or policy are not very important. My self-interest here is obvious, but maybe I can still convince you…