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The real story

May 9 2021

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A crazy idea: Tell the truth

May 8 2021

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Fiscal policy and interest rates

May 5 2021

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The Fed is not a passive observer

May 3 2021

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Capital gains nonsense, part 2

Apr 30 2021

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Double taxation of coconuts

Apr 29 2021

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Lower property values? That's the point.

Apr 28 2021

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Capital gains nonsense

Apr 26 2021

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Zoning, race, and ideology

Apr 24 2021

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What the wage data is telling us

Apr 22 2021

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Teenage employment has bounced back

Apr 20 2021

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You get what you pay for

Apr 19 2021

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The summer of 2021

Apr 17 2021

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What causes recessions?

Apr 16 2021

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Covid: The next issue

Apr 14 2021

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The problem with environmental impact statements

Apr 12 2021

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Who are the experts?

Apr 11 2021

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Why are economists losing prestige?

Apr 10 2021

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Which ideas are winning?

Apr 8 2021

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The future belongs to the Squamish

Apr 6 2021

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Robert Mundell, RIP

Apr 5 2021

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No, the unemployment rate is not "meaningless"

Apr 2 2021

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How many people should we produce?

Mar 31 2021

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The cultural impact of rent control

Mar 29 2021

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Cancel culture? Internet culture? Human culture?

Mar 27 2021

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When to blame?

Mar 25 2021

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Proactive and reactive COVID policies

Mar 23 2021

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The professor vs. the markets

Mar 22 2021

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Will the Fed follow its rhetoric or its rule?

Mar 21 2021

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Did people eat two dinners in the 1970s?

Mar 18 2021

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How much should we borrow?

Mar 17 2021

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Internal contradictions in progressivism

Mar 16 2021

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Suggestions for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand?

Mar 14 2021

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Who gains under non-price rationing?

Mar 12 2021

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The old left and cancel culture

Mar 10 2021

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Why is the UK doing so much better?

Mar 7 2021

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Information, behavior, and frictions (short course on economics)

Mar 5 2021

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Can economists be trusted?

Mar 4 2021

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The COVID confidence man

Mar 2 2021

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About those "bond vigilantes"

Mar 1 2021

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The two China policies

Feb 27 2021

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One hundred years of solitude

Feb 24 2021

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The Mae West of energy sources

Feb 24 2021

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Correlation and causation

Feb 22 2021

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Dean Baker on wealth

Feb 21 2021

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Promise to be irresponsible?

Feb 18 2021

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When is fiscal stimulus appropriate?

Feb 16 2021

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The seen and the unseen

Feb 14 2021

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Free trade and free labor markets

Feb 12 2021

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Hume, hockey sticks, and The Great Forgetting

Feb 11 2021

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What is this "monetary policy" that you refer to?

Feb 9 2021

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Romney's child allowance proposal

Feb 7 2021

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Olivier Blanchard on monetary offset

Feb 6 2021

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If it ain't broke . . .

Feb 5 2021

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The Covid election

Feb 4 2021

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Censorship is a two-edged sword

Feb 3 2021

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My new article on MMT

Feb 1 2021

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Panda: Pandering to the public's ignorance

Jan 31 2021

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The equity and efficiency of SALT cap repeal

Jan 29 2021

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Nationalism, prejudice, and FDA regulation

Jan 28 2021

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Selective outrage

Jan 27 2021

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Markets are good at allocating resources

Jan 26 2021

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Welfare states and the new (center) left

Jan 24 2021

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Interest rates and housing affordability

Jan 22 2021

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Monetary Policy: AIT seems on target

Jan 20 2021

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Supply and aggregate supply are unrelated concepts

Jan 19 2021

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Regulation and Vaccines: It's much worse than you think

Jan 17 2021

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The "mad scientist" problem

Jan 15 2021

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China won the trade war

Jan 12 2021

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Daniel Kaufmann on Swiss monetary policy

Jan 11 2021

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There's no one behind the curtain

Jan 9 2021

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Biden approves First Dose First!

Jan 8 2021

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Why are stocks up today?

Jan 7 2021

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There are no non-Bayesians in a COVID foxhole

Jan 5 2021

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Sadie Alexander: The First African-American Economist

Jan 4 2021

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The costs of not maximizing aggregate utility

Jan 2 2021

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Gold hoarding during the Great Depression

Jan 1 2021