Economic DeBLOGraphy
(
noun
) Causes and consequences of population characteristics, in blog form
Thursday, January 31, 2008
A tough time for the Fed
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Yesterday the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by another 0.50%, after a between-meetings cut about week before. The Fed was reac...
Military service and health
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As discussed by the New York Times , the New England Journal of Medicine published a research article on mild brain trauma among Iraq War v...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
An inversion of a notorious inequality
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In 2006, the Times reported a key finding of Andy Beveridge's group at Queens College, City University of New York, about the black/whi...
Friday, January 25, 2008
Tax rebate details
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The Washington Post presented a clear overview of the tax rebate (a.k.a. fiscal stimulus) package agreed upon by House leaders and the Whit...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
It only sounds insane
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Len Burman of the Urban Institute dropped a bomb on the Times op-ed page today. He suggests rolling back the Bush income tax rate cuts a y...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Child sex preference and development
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Back in December, the New York Times reported on the evolution of child sex preference in South Korea. The view advanced was that increase...
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Fiscal stimulus and macro impacts
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Events have moved quickly over the past two weeks, and chances of a fiscal stimulus package passing Congress and getting signed by the Presi...
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