Economic DeBLOGraphy
(
noun
) Causes and consequences of population characteristics, in blog form
Friday, December 16, 2011
Acemoglu on inequality, institutions, and growth
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Thanks to a post on Greg Mankiw's blog, I found this great interview article with Daron Acemoglu on inequality, institutions, and econo...
Monday, December 12, 2011
Reconstruction and immigration in New Orleans
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NPR reports on the experiences of migrant (re)construction workers in New Orleans , who have greatly increased the state's Hispanic popu...
Friday, December 2, 2011
More on North Dakota
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A look at the upsides and downsides of the oil boom (associated with the technique called "fracking") from NPR. A doubling of the...
Developments in China
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Here is the latest from NPR on growth and prices in China, probably written in response to the recent action by the People's Bank of C...
Friday, November 18, 2011
Michael Lewis on NPR, on Europe, literally on everyone
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I think Michael Lewis also rakes the U.S. over the coals a little, but in this NPR story on Morning Edition that I shared with my QC under...
Trends in demand and supply of babies
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NPR reports on declining foreign adoptions in the U.S. and increased restrictions recently imposed by sending countries. Foreign adoptions...
Friday, November 11, 2011
Another tell-all from a financial advisor
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Several years ago the Times featured a economics columnist's tell-all about his own struggles with overextension during the housing cris...
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