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A Stimulus Package I Would Support
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:49:00 -0500
Greg Mankiw discusses a plan developed by economists Mark Bils (U Rochester) and Pete Klenow (Stanford):
As part of a temporary fiscal stimulus, we would argue for subsidizing the payroll tax...
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We Are Officially In a Recession
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:57:00 -0500
That is, if you give the official word to the NBER:
A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally...
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Would a War Improve the Economy?
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:57:00 -0500
In Are Wars Good for the Economy?:
One of the more enduring myths in Western society is that wars are somehow good for the economy. Many people see a great deal...
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History - We're Doomed Because We're Repeating It (Part II)
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:58:00 -0500
I must not be expressing myself as clearly as I would like to. I was trying to get three points across in History - We're Doomed Because We're Repeating...
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Keynes? Really?
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:40:00 -0500
Greg Mankiw asserts:
IF you were going to turn to only one economist to understand the problems facing the economy, there is little doubt that the economist would be John Maynard...
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Another Economics Blog You're Not Visiting.. But Should Be
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:58:00 -0500
An extension to my Top 10 Economics Blogs You're Not Visiting (But Should Be).
I stumbled upon this about a week ago - EconJeff: A long pondered but only lately realized...
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History - We're Doomed Because We're Repeating It
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:16:00 -0500
A reader disagrees with the premise of Why the Current Economic Weakness May Be Overstated by stating:
Your idea that if no one is told the economy is bad then they...
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Why the Current Economic Weakness May Be Overstated
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:07:00 -0500
Justin Fox on economic predictions for this quarter:
Just how far and how fast will the economy drop this quarter? There's lately been a race to the bottom among forecasters,...
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Is Peak Economy the New Peak Oil?
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:44:00 -0500
I used to get five e-mails a day telling me that rising oil prices were proof that the argument put forth We Will Never Run Out of Oil was incorrect....
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When Is a Flat Tax Not a Flat Tax?
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:20:00 -0500
In reponse to Do Richer People Pay a Higher Proportion of Tax Under a Flat Tax? a reader writes:
What you have said makes absolutely no sense to me at all....
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