…and Duncan Black. I’m glad Johan is paying attention to a very interesting debate among Peter, Kevin, and Duncan. But there is two aspects of the above line that I…

…upcoming visit with senior Democrats suggests that the Government is now expecting President Bush to lose the November election. He said several potential scandals were looming over the Bush administration…

…care spending. How Much Does Inpatient Care Add to Medicare Spending? The IOM report emphasizes variations in spending on post-acute care after a patient leaves the hospital, including nursing homes…

…defaults. This is analogous to Exxon pointing to a guy selling biodiesel out of his garage for $8/gallon, and using this to justify writing off $4 for every gallon the…

…eliminating the Saddam Hussein regime was 1998. Or sooner. And Jeb Bush was firmly among the Vulcans. (In passing it is worth noting that George W Bush was NOT a…

…amusing names for such as “bastard golden age” and “creeping platinum age.” She did not generally use formal equations but rather favored figures and graphs backed up by clear verbal…

…affected by the new tax. Since the Republican led Congress has failed to act on CEO excessive pay based upon Risk, many states and cities are looking at taking it…

…Cowen rebuts, arguing that motivated, hubristic reasoning can seize on empiricism just as readily as any other academic raw material. Smith retorts, going halfway to meet Cowen, but expressing optimism…

…a field that has been renewing itself, shaking off theoretical rigidities through more attention to behavior and institutions and shifting its center of gravity toward empirical observation and testing. And…

…gap between wanting to work (or fill a job) and actually working (or filling it)? What does this apparatus tell you about N*–N**? Nothing. It isn’t built to answer that…