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My Governor, as usual, Fails Math

…they pillage with impunity. **See also Daniels, Mitch, and Schwarzenegger, Arnold. ***I would say this is part-wishful thinking on my part, but the result would be a mix of Glenn…

A challenge to Libertarian

Arnold Kling is taking up the case that less government is better than more government. Since I have been banned at his site I will respond here. From 1850 to…

Crisis? What Crisis?

As I should have noted yesterday, and as Arnold Kling discusses today, sometimes the questions are as revealing as the responses. And sometimes, the answers are suspiciously inconsistent. Below is…

For example, average workers ruin the economy?

…cumulative raises last year trailed inflation by about 50 percent. Then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered two furlough days for nearly all state workers. In July, he added a third, a…

Yield Curve

By Spencer: The yield curve is strongly positive, and this is getting all kinds of blog comments. They range from Arnold Kling saying “in my view, this is perfectly rational,…

Do Economists Agree about Microeconomics ?

Robert Waldmann Arnold Kling (via Matt Yglesias) argues that economists agree more about microeconomics than about macroeconomics. My take on this is that the consensus of economists is likely to…