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Not So Dumb as Economists, Part 1

…about the specific conclusions…. In [Becker’s] first model only owner/managers have a dislike towards workers from a particular group. That, my friends, is the model from which the above conclusion…

Barro on Keynes Barro and Grossman

…to know that there is a vaguely Keynesian model, which differs from the neoclassical model only because of rigid nominal wages and prices, in which the economy can be in…

Bank risk models and regulation

…of the current crisis is fresh and not when the crisis is over and the seat belts are working again. Another good angle on models and validation. Incentives count too….