Economic DeBLOGraphy

It's an issue that from the outside has appeared to have practically been buried amid other event, but this week's New Yorker gets O...

Judith Warner writes about breast feeding today in the Times, and she makes the important point that much of our knowledge about what matte...

It's only updated with state tax data through 2006, but the NBER's TAXSIM can still give you some insight about income tax rates yo...

Today Paul Krugman points out a subtle point regarding improvements in financial markets' ability to diversify risk , through things lik...

Today's Times reported on a new NBER working paper that finds increased obesity caused by the presence of fast food restaurants . Curri...

Today's New York Times reports CUNY reached $1.2 billion in fund-raising three years ahead of schedule , which is described as a remarka...

Several days ago the Times ran an article about plans for universal tax-free savings accounts as mentioned by President Obama in February. ...