The Effect of Income Taxes on Economic Growth
Wednesday March 8, 2006
This is an article that generated a fair amount of controversy the first time it was posted. I haven't linked to it in awhile, but I'm hoping by doing ... Read More
Choosing a Graduate School in Economics
Wednesday March 8, 2006
I guess some of you were lucky enough to get accepted into multiple schools when you applied to do your Ph.D. I've been getting a lot of e-mails of ... Read More
Would Marijuana Legalization Increase the Demand for Marijuana?
Wednesday March 8, 2006
Other than possibly global warming, the issue of legalizing marijuana seems to be the most popular for students to write reports on. I wonder why students choose that rather ... Read More
The Logic of Collective Action
Wednesday March 8, 2006
There are a lot of government policies, like airline bailouts, that from an economic perspective don't make any sense at all. Politicians have an incentive to keep the economy strong ... Read More
Recessions and Depressions
Wednesday March 8, 2006
I've posted this link quite a few times in 2006, but I'm still being asked questions about it, so here it goes again. If you'd like to know what ... Read More
The Baby Boom
Wednesday March 8, 2006
A reader recently asked me a question about the baby boom generation: "What's going to happen to the economy when all the baby boomers retire and get old?"
See the discussion ... Read More
Does the Superbowl Predict Economic Growth?
Wednesday March 8, 2006
A reader asks: "When I was in school during an Economics lesson, I distinctly remember the professor talking about something called the Super Bowl effect. Basically, it goes like this. ... Read More