In Environmental Economics - Posted 5 hours ago

EconomistMom doesn't seem to think that carbon tax (or cap-and-trade auction) revenues must be paired with reductions in income and corporate taxes in...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 8 hours ago

The International Herald Tribune reports Californians leading the way to consumer bust.As it did when the housing bubble began to burst, California is...

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In Economist's View - Posted 16 hours ago

Dani Rodrik argues that development strategies emphasizing good governance instead of specifically targeting binding constraints on growth are unlikel...

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In Economist's View - Posted 17 hours ago

Central bank communication - Vox EU Competitor Files Lawsuit Claiming Speedo Attempting a Monopoly - NY Times Study says visual system equipped ...

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In Economist's View - Posted 18 hours ago

A rerun: The Right's Man, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times, March 13, 2006: It's time for some straight talk about John McCain. He isn't a mod...

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In Institutional Economics - Posted 1 day ago

RBA Governor Glenn Stevens revisits the economics of the 1970s: There is much less inclination than there once was to use fiscal policy as a counter...

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In Housing Bubble Blog - Posted 1 day ago

The Orange County Register reports from California. As the sub-prime mortgage crisis reverberates across Orange County, the Pufpafs and other Lader...

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In Institutional Economics - Posted 1 day ago

There is something about the Future Fund that brings out the latent statism of the commentariat. Here s Alan Kohler, praising the growing amount o...

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In Housing Bubble Blog - Posted 2 days ago

The Desert Sun reports from California. A Palm Springs home known as a masterpiece of modernism sold Tuesday for $15 million. In the end, the famed...

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In Greg Mankiw's Blog - Posted 2 days ago

A friend at the White House emails me about the farm bill now being considered by Congress. An excerpt from the email:A few of us have been debating t...

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