Friday, September 20, 2013

Free Trade And Inequality

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Matt Yglesias has a great piece up about emerging trends that show that free trade might not be a universal good. The standard theory among...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The Problem With Economic Debates And St. Elsewhere

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I really liked Jonathan Chait's look back at the "resolution" of all those debates economists were having over the last few y...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Jannet Yellen And The Soft Bigotry Of Low Monetary Policy Expectations

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I've found the debate over who Obama should appoint to be chair of the Federal Reserve to be quite fascinating. The contest has basicall...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

AIPAC And St. Elsewhere

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A big question to think about when it comes to the political reality of potential strikes in Syria is the solidity of public opinion opposin...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Doom Of Republican Economic Policy

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The New York Times had some really great reporting today about the reality and politics of the federal government's SNAP (formally food...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Mr. President, Please Don't Bomb Syria

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I really liked James Fallows recent post about his readers' and his own doubts about the plan to bomb Syria in response to the horrific ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

While Miley Cyrus Was Prancing Around, And You Were Outraged...

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...some important things were happening! The fall out of The Great Miley Freak Out Of 2013 has moved on from it's initial stages of ge...