| The BBC reports: Baghdad - The authorities in Baghdad say they are preparing for an exodus of thousands of people from eastern parts of the city. Fighting between government and US troops on one... | |
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| Who knew? Greg Mankiw is also a Stephen Colbert fan. Colbert makes his case for free gas. If he runs for President – will he select Greg as his economic advisor? This is definitely worth the look... | |
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| Jerry Bowyer mocks the recessionistas:Monday’s data from the Institute for Supply Management is our first real glimpse at the second quarter of 2008 — you know, the one we’re in now. The above chart... | |
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| I want to talk about something of which I know nothing.We spent the weekend in pgl-land (NYC), at a friend's apartment. Since he's a rather prominent computer graphics designer, I assumed,... | |
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| Tom's doing some heavy lifting, PGL is in form, Bruce has started SocSec 101, and the entire economics blogsphere is having so many conniptions over Hillary that you'd think the CEA was actually the... | |
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| This figure shows in graphic form the outcomes of Intermediate Cost (II) vs High Cost (III) vs Low Cost (I)Outcome II shows the standard narrative. A Trust Fund Ratio rising to a peak in 2017 then a... | |
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| Tom's doing some heavy lifting, PGL is in form, Bruce has started SocSec 101, and the entire economics blogsphere is having so many conniptions over Hillary that you'd think the CEA was actually the... | |
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| Martin Crutsinger reports – and opines: The Labor Department reported Wednesday that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the first... | |
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| The Boston Herald reports:BAGHDAD - Forget rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and no sewer system and try picturing luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.It’s all... | |
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| Mark Thoma points to Thomas Palley playing lightning rod with "Tax Policy and the House Price Bubble." With a title like that, you might expect a prima facie case for a causal link between tax... | |
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