…tiny to surprisingly significant effects on employment (started 20th century I guess) 8) Low skilled immigration has small effects on the wages of the few domestic workers who aren’t helped….

…cost of road construction then goes up 20% due to increased inefficiency. This increase in the cost of roads has two effects on the optimal level of spending: 1) fewer…

…alone is sufficient to justify including a carbon tax in any plan to avoid the worst effects of climate change. In the next post I will argue that carbon taxes…

…Fuel economy standards, renewable portfolio standards, and green building codes raise the costs of cars and housing, but the effects are at least somewhat indirect and may be difficult for…

…of week indirect pre-clinical evidence that hydroxychloroquine blocks coronavirus replication and the known risks, side effects, counterindications and drug interactions implies that it should be prescribed. As it is being…

…deaths from coronavirus: To be blunt: so far “social distancing” has only slowed down the exponential rate of increase. While the effects of State and region-wide lockdowns aren’t yet apparent,…

…past thirty years. Few studies have evaluated whether permissive gun policies actually deter mass shootings. None have determined if their effects are the same on firearms homicide in general. This…

…up in all indicator timeframes. It took a few weeks for the effects of the pandemic lockdowns to show up in late March and April. I am still looking for…

…to those in the upper half of the distribution of a panel of control convalescent serum (blood serum containing antibodies from disease or inoculation) specimens. Adverse effects, includes half of…

…rate values. The dollar had become the primary global funding currency, so a decrease in dollar liquidity would have had widespread effects. The joint activities of the Federal Reserve and…