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Posted 1 week ago
Arnold Kling poses a question for Paul Krugman. Here's how I would answer.
Tags: oil
Posted 1 week ago
Ironman has developed a neat tool that allows you to input your vehicle's typical mileage and then calculate how much money you're likely to save on a particular trip by driving slower. Pretty cool!
Posted 1 week ago
A key reason why oil prices have been going up is that Asia and the oil producing countries are consuming more while global oil production has stagnated. That means Europe and America had to consume
Tags: oil
Posted 1 week ago
New aggregate indicators on the macroeconomy are out. How do they compare against a summary measure of the macro series the NBER BCDC focus on?
Posted 1 week ago
The recently announced Saudi oil production increases are more modest than had been suggested in some of the earlier rumors. The Oil Drum ([1],[2]) is your source for the meaning of the latest announ
Tags: oil
Posted 2 weeks ago
Environmental Economics and The Energy Collective are among the many voices recently advising consumers they could save gasoline by driving more slowly. I was curious to take a look at the evidence b
Posted 2 weeks ago
As I type this post, the President is proposing once again drilling in ANWR, noting the enormous benefits. [1] [2] [3] I'd like to just note the analysis his Administration's DoE just published last
Tags: drilling
Posted 2 weeks ago
Nonresidential investment has been increasing until 2008Q1, at which time it essentially stalled (-0.2 ppts. annualized in log terms). On the basis of past historical correlations, what's in store?
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