By N1000 Monday, 29 June 2015 Commentary Economists Euro European Debt Crisis Monetary Policy Kashyap on Greece Anil Kashyap has an excellent summary of the Greek debt crisis. He sees government printed IOUs as a much better solution to the banking an...
By N1000 10:47 Commentary Economists Inequality Micro vs. macro Taxes Wages and inflation Marty Feldstein has a very interesting opinion piece on Project Syndicate. His main point is that micro distortions from social programs (a...
By N1000 Wednesday, 24 June 2015 Commentary econometrics Growth 4% growth I wrote last week on the simple factual question of whether and how often the US has experienced 4% real GDP growth in the past. The deeper ...
By N1000 Tuesday, 23 June 2015 Banking Commentary European Debt Crisis Monetary Policy Last Greek thoughts A few salient points that don't seem to be on the top of the outpouring of Greece commentary. 1. Greece seems to be coming to a standsti...
By N1000 Saturday, 20 June 2015 Economists Teaching Econ 1 John Taylor is offering his Economics 1, the introductory economics course for Stanford undergraduates, as a free online class. Class start...
By N1000 Friday, 19 June 2015 Commentary Health economics Roy's plan I found two novel (to me) and interesting points in the heath insurance reform plan put forward by Avik Roy of the Manhattan Institute. (...