Economic DeBLOGraphy
(
noun
) Causes and consequences of population characteristics, in blog form
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Interview with Kevin Murphy
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In a wide-ranging interview, Kevin Murphy talks about rational addiction, the value of longevity gains, and gives us a glimpse of some futu...
Sunday, June 28, 2009
R&D Grants: Balancing risk and return
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Today's paper includes an article about grant money in cancer research and other research areas funded by the National Institutes of He...
Friday, June 26, 2009
The economics of textbooks
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Our union president at CUNY emailed us to inquire about our opinions regarding the latest efforts in the Senate to lower the cost of textboo...
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Portfolio choice and aging in a down economy
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Today's Times includes an article about investment strategies for folks nearing retirement now that the stock market has been down for ...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Freedom, democracy, and Coke
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One of my favorite and most memorable New Yorker reads is a book review of A History of the World in 6 Glasses . It's not just Coke t...
Credit (crunch) where credit is due
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I just wish the ode to Ben Bernanke appearing in this (bi)week's New York Magazine hadn't been penned by Jim Cramer, he of the Dail...
Nobody has a monopoly on anti-immigrant sentiment
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According to a Times article today , some native Oregonians express the same disdain for Californian immigrants, and the same concerns about...
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