Elizabeth Warren has a plan for the nation’s approach to trade
Industrial policy may be coming back.
College textbooks are a racket
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This is what economists don’t understand about the euro crisis – or the U.S. dollar
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This is what economists don't understand about the euro crisis – or the U.S. dollar
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Our health-care system is like Coca Cola
Here's David Cay Johnston, interviewed by Joshua Holland (link from
Jesus historian Niall Ferguson and the improving standards of public discourse
History professor (or, as the news reports call him, "Harvard
Awesome tax rate graph!
Jay Livingston posts this delight---a graph that, instead of starting
Framing and Health Care Reform
"The administration lost the communications war with disastrous consequences that
Bill O’Reilly threatens to strike
The moon-loving talk show host announced: My corporations employ scores
Does blogging help your professional reputation?
Following on Henry's post, here is more: bq. Davis et
5 Myths about Federal Taxes
My colleague "Bob Stoker":http://www.gwu.edu/~psc/people/fac_stokerr.htm walked into my office yesterday and,
Good news!
Greg Mankiw calculates his marginal tax rate as 80%. Two
We each contain multitudes
There's been some discussion (for example, Mank and Krug), on
Greg Mankiw Hearts Genetic Determinism
Greg Mankiw posts the above graph (courtesy of Economix) and
Income tax burden != tax burden
Greg Mankiw quotes a Tax Foundation report saying: IRS data
Memo to comparativists: time for a study of pet health care spending
Greg Mankiw shows this stunning graph (from Andrew Biggs) in
Trends in Doctoral Fields of Study
Monkey Cage reader George Osner sent me this post by
The political economy of inequality
Thanks to Lee for pointing me to this "very interesting
Meet the Press “Roundtable” on the Economy?
As I was watching my retirement and my children's college
Year of Ideas
Every year I look forward to NY Times Magazine's Year
Why This Blog?
Why are we writing this blog? Here is a probably-not-exhaustive