Over at The Money Illusion, Scott Sumner has posted a number of blog entries about John Maynard Keynes as an investor and how it informs
In the Summer 2009 issue of the Independent Review, Arnold Kling reviews George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller’s new book Animal Spirits: How Human
Steve Chapman writes: If the economy improves and unemployment drops, Obama can take credit. If it fails to improve and unemployment rises, though, he can
The New York Post recently posted an interesting personal account of writer and cryonics activist Charles Platt about working conditions and company policies at Wal-Mart.
In his book Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles, Todd A. Knoop points out that a Rational Expectations perspective does not necessarily require that all
A recent trend in progressive thinking is to accuse opponents of “market fundamentalism.” That seems to be a smart rhetorical tactic because a) it rides
“As the leader of a think tank dedicated to public policy, I would love it if Americans were as obsessed with policy as I am.”
Is it rational to vote? For most people the question may seem absurd but quite a few economists and political scientists have made the claim
On his website, Robin Hanson discusses an unfilled niche in economics which he calls the “economics of science fiction” or “economics of future technology.” Another