Why has U.S. inflation hit 7 percent?
Here are the clashing explanations — and the reasons experts want you to believe them
The World Bank’s 2017 pandemic response fund isn’t working
Private sector solutions don’t always fit public sector problems
Paul Volcker won his fight on inflation. The battle to regulate big finance is ongoing.
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker testifies in 1981. (Photo by James
A significant minority of Americans say they could support a military takeover of the U.S. government
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Trump’s election has undermined ‘political correctness.’ That might actually be a problem.
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Here’s what many journalists missed when covering the Brexit vote
[caption id="attachment_42366" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Brexit flotilla of fishing boats
Brexit proved again that identity can trump economics
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Donald Trump never apologizes for his controversial remarks. Here’s why he shouldn’t.
Throughout the summer of 2015 and into the fall, analysts
This is why Paul Krugman is wrong about the Federal Reserve
[caption id="attachment_30066" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Federal Reserve headquarters on Sept. 18,
Second-term blues
[caption id="attachment_14398" align="alignleft" width="239"] Alexander Hamilton's arguments from 1788 against
What’s Wrong with “What’s Wrong with Obama?”
(With apologies to Larry Bartels...) Yesterday's Politico story trumpeting (despite
Larry Summers and Starbucks: can we understand this category more generally?
Reading Sarah Binder's post on the withdrawal of Lawrence Summers
Summers’ Fall
Larry Summers to President Obama (2013): Thomas Jones to President
Beyond the Horse Race to Lead the Fed
Maybe I spend too much time in the Library of
Off to the Races: The Contest to Lead the Fed
After Congress revamped the Federal Reserve Act in 1935, construction
Jesus historian Niall Ferguson and the improving standards of public discourse
History professor (or, as the news reports call him, "Harvard
Economic policy does not occur in a political vacuum
Of course, even if a policymaker was sure of the
One reason that Summers and Obama might not have pushed for a bigger stimulus in 2009
Miles Kimball (link from Tyler Cowen; see also Paul Krugman
Paul “I’m not Galbraith” disses Larry “I’m not Krugman” Summers
The celebrated economist and pundit writes: Mark Thoma is puzzled: if
Should voting be mandatory?
You can see my contribution to the discussion here. I
The Campaign Fallacy
In his most recent New York Times column, David Brooks
Even the liberal New Republic opposes Occupy Wall Street: What does that mean?
The editors of the famed liberal magazine write: How should
Why OMB is not quite the White House (and why we might care)
Today's New York Times' story about Solyndra centers on presidential
Academics and Former Ministers Urge Obama to Finish the Doha Round
My colleague "Peter Rosendorff":http://politics.as.nyu.edu/object/PeterRosendorff sends along the following email: [Above]
Controversy over the Christakis-Fowler findings on the contagion of obesity
Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler are famous for finding that
1/2 social scientist + 1/2 politician = ???
A couple things in this interview by Andrew Goldman of
Is This Time Different?
As "promised yesterday":https://themonkeycage.org/2011/01/collaboration_with_the_apsa_po.html, here is the first of two publically
Democrats as the party of “Wall Street fat cats”? Say it ain’t so!
Felix Salmon comments on a report that econ czar Larry
Democrats as the party of “Wall Street fat cats”? Say it ain’t so!
Felix Salmon comments on a report that econ czar Larry
What do Starbucks and Larry Summers have in common?
When I was giving talks on Red State, Blue State,
Pug awarded MBA
Pugs -- you know, those little tan dogs with the
Are Political Scientists Stupider than Economists but Smarter than Sociologists?
I don't usually cross-post, but this "comment from Larry Summers":http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/02/16/summers_should_go_ex_harvard_dean_says/