Hal Varian Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Mar 2 2012 SHARE POST: He is the economist who co-wrote Information Rules and now works for Google. Nick Schulz and I had a video conference with him. He has a very interesting perspective on where things are headed with robotics, for example. Here is the podcast version.
Mar 4 2012 Economics of Education Various Arnold Kling 1. Kevin Carey writes, Not everyone is willing or able to get a bachelor's degree. But everyone should at least have the chance to try. After all, well-off students from upper-middle-class suburbs are going to college one way or another. It's the middle- and lower-income students and working adults who are most at ri... 7 Read More
Mar 2 2012 Taxation Was the 2001 Tax Cut Regressive? David Henderson In a post today, Paul Krugman approvingly cites Jonathan Chait's claim that the Bush tax cut of 2001 was regressive. Chait wrote: When George W. Bush proposed a huge, regressive tax cut in 2001, Snowe, sitting at the heart of a decisive block of centrists, used her leverage to support the passage of a modestly smaller... 16 Read More
Mar 2 2012 Economic Growth Hal Varian Arnold Kling He is the economist who co-wrote Information Rules and now works for Google. Nick Schulz and I had a video conference with him. He has a very interesting perspective on where things are headed with robotics, for example. Here is the podcast version. 0 Read More