You can now access the current issue and complete archive of Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Many classic papers in applied macro are hence made available.
Thanks to Ted Gayer for an email pointer, and thanks to Brookings for undertaking this effort.
Mar 23 2011
In 1980, the American Economics Association had its annual meeting in Denver in early September. When I arrived and paid my dues, I noticed that the program had a session planned for the first day titled, "Presidential Candidates' Economic and Financial Policies Panel." On the program were three speakers: Charles Sch...
Mar 23 2011
During my flight to Italy, I read Barbara Demick's outstanding Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea cover to cover. Even if you've studied Communism for decades, you'll be appalled: In the 90s, North Korea basically moved from total state control over the economy to having no economy at all. The g...
Mar 22 2011
You can now access the current issue and complete archive of Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Many classic papers in applied macro are hence made available. Thanks to Ted Gayer for an email pointer, and thanks to Brookings for undertaking this effort.
READER COMMENTS
Steve
Mar 22 2011 at 12:57pm
Ha ha! Thanks for the laugh! Got a real kick out of “Bubble,Bubble, Where’s the Housing Bubble” from 2006, No. 1. Authors conculde: “Our evidence indicates that, even though prices have risen
rapidly and some buyers have unrealistic expectations of continuing price
increases, the bubble is not, in fact, a bubble in most of these areas: under
a variety of plausible assumptions about fundamentals, buying a home at
current market prices still appears to be an attractive long-term investment.”
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