…writing overly long and abstruse economic blog posts, watching NASCAR, assembling intricate miniatures of Civil War battle scenes. In economic terms, the demand for employment is quite elastic because there’s…
…develop the debate for newcomers. This also marks Tom’s new website Ecological Headstand) Accounting for the Current Economic Crisis and Inadequate Political Responses The day before yesterday, while searching for…
by Mike Kimel Cross posted on the Presimetrics blog. Government Spending and Economic Expansions It is conventional wisdom that raising taxes, particularly during and just after a recession, will harm…
The Bell has an op-ed worth reading. When Economic Stress Becomes Terrorism Poverty, Rather Than Anti-Anything Ideology, Is the Common Thread Joseph Stack is not a terrorist in the sense…
by cactus Economic Growth: Blood Suckers v. Free Lunchers Good evening, and welcome to another episode of Comparing Presidents: Tax Burden v. Economic Growth. But looking at things from a…
By Spencer, Our conservative/libertarian friends keep saying the FDR made the recovery from the 1929-33 economic downturn weak. I keep asking them weak compared to what, and they never have…
…There Ever Any Wrong Answers in Economics?: “Economic science” is a phrase like “military intelligence.” Out of respect for my fellow economists and the DIA I won’t name that class…
Via Matthew Yglesias comes this AEI op-ed: While there are many and very real short-term risks to the Chinese economic miracle, the more fundamental reason why the US need not…
…on how the economy has grown under Bush’s economic leadership. Specifically, let’s compare Bush’s economic record with that of previous presidents. The following table gives us the total changes (note…
…little strange that the article is headlined, “An Oil Price Shock That Could Be an Economic Stimulus in Disguise.” Huh? How can something that slows the economy be an economic…