| Robert WaldmannHas a thought about how to get votes for a cap and trade bill in the Senate without giving a windfall to incumbent polluters. The problem is that it seems to be necessary to buy the... | |
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| http://www.gapminder.org/h/t Ezra Klein. | |
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| Russ Roberts could at least pretend that Amity Shlaes (B.A., English Literature) had written a book related to economics, no matter how badly contrived and poorly researched it was.But what's his... | |
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| by cactus
Comparing Presidents – Real GDP per Capita, late 2009 edition
Every so often I find I have to rewrite a post about how well Presidents have done at producing economic growth. See,... | |
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| While Henry and Brad DeLong noted some more silly prattling from a brain-dead economist, AB readers and those wanting to maintain their sanity* will prefer The New Decembrists, and new blog from The... | |
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| Cross-posted at News N Economics blog, by RebeccaHere’s yet another historical record broken in 2009:“Only three insured institutions were chartered in the [third] quarter, the smallest quarterly... | |
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| by Noni MausaSunday Basket O' Questions1. The Climate Change memos have opened up some interesting questions. Like, who are the thieves, and when will we see them in court? And if the thieves are... | |
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| Larry Summers's Village Idiot: I was too right to give them EVERYTHING! And now they're being MEAN to me. | |
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| by Bruce WebbThere has been some discussion here and there about whether the HCR bills in place do enough for cost control. I think that this is the wrong question at the wrong time and points out a... | |
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| Dean Baker asks a central question:If Bernanke Did Not Know the Fed's Mission, Would That Be News?Not at the WSJ, nor it seems anywhere else. Yesterday, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben... | |
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