Question for Scott Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Feb 16 2018 SHARE POST: Question inspired by Scott Sumner’s latest post: Why not just let the inflation target rise to 3% to provide wiggle room for conventional monetary policy during future recessions? Update: Read Scott’s answer!
Feb 17 2018 Economics of Health Care Hurray for the Imminent End of Polio David Henderson More remarkably, the disease that was once a global scourge -- a thief of childhood everywhere -- has been all but eradicated from the earth. This year could see its complete disappearance outside of virus labs, experts say. This is from Joseph Hall, "The world is zeroing in on the end of polio -- by stopping people at... 2 Read More
Feb 16 2018 Fiscal Policy Henderson and Furman on Kudlow David Henderson My Wall Street Journal piece last Friday led to an invite to be on the Larry Kudlow show. I didn't know until I got on that I would be up against Jason Furman, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama. No matter. The conversation, as Larry noted halfway through, was civil. I had a pleas... 1 Read More
Feb 16 2018 Monetary Policy Question for Scott Bryan Caplan Question inspired by Scott Sumner's latest post: Why not just let the inflation target rise to 3% to provide wiggle room for conventional monetary policy during future recessions?Update: Read Scott's answer! 11 Read More