Posted 4 days ago

The LA Times reports:As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Scooter SalesScooters...are selling as fast as their little wheels can carry them from showroom floors. Sales have jumped 23.6 percent in the first quar

Posted 5 days ago

Cass Sunstein and Justin Wolfers say we don't really know whether or not capital punishment deters crime.Maybe so, but it does solve the problem of recidivism.

Posted 5 days ago

Larry says we are at a dangerous moment.

Tags: economy

Posted 6 days ago

Bob Shiller concludes that the recent fiscal stimulus is not enough:The reality of the subprime situation, augmented by the energy crisis, at least suggests that we d better get ready for another ro

Tags: tax

Posted 1 week ago

I have long argued that the United States should welcome more skilled workers from other nations. A reader sends in an article reminding us that skills need to be broadly defined:Around 1,000 additi

Posted 1 week ago

A conversation, sparked by Bill Gates, with some big names contributing.

Posted 1 week ago

George Will hits the nail on the head:Two-thirds of doctoral candidates in science and engineering in U.S. universities are foreign-born. But only 140,000 employment-based green cards are available an

Tags: economy

Posted 1 week ago

From Tim Kane:we should aim to tax the bad things (noise, gasoline, trash, violent crime, evil foreign dictators) and untax the good things (homegrown profits, employment, innovation).

Tags: tax

Posted 1 week ago

Bloomberg reports:[Senator McCain] has shown increasing disdain for any economist who questions his policy prescriptions. Earlier this month, he lashed out at critics of his proposal for a summer gas-

Tags: inflation tax

Posted 1 week ago

From the NY Times:Mr. McCain advocates eliminating the multibillion-dollar annual government subsidies that domestic ethanol has long enjoyed.... Mr. Obama, in contrast, favors the subsidies....On the