Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: How Dismal is the Fiscal Future For America and Europe? Becker – The Becker-Posner Blog www.becker-posner-blog.com Here’s Nobel Laureate Gary Becker’s views on the possibility of a (developed economies) debt crisis: “Posner lays out clearly many of the present and future solvency and default …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: The Emerging Markets’ Century — The American, A Magazine of Ideas www.american.com “Whereas public debt levels in many major industrialized countries will soon exceed 100 percent of GDP, those in the major emerging market economies generally range between 40 to 50 percent of GDP.” …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Biden’s Prediction: Inside Information or Pure Bluster? – NYTimes.com freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com Stephen Dubner provides the latest from the prediction markets on the midterm elections – 75% likelihood of a Republican House, while the Dems will most likely retain Senate control (however, with a substantially diminished …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: FASB’s Tort Bar Gift – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “The Wall Street Journal editorial board on the accounting group’s proposal to require companies disclose the potential costs of litigation.” Alex Epstein: Obama Follows Nixon on Oil Spill – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Bam’s lousy economic record: Let’s just look at the facts, shall we? www.nydailynews.com “On the campaign trail, President Obama is talking about everything except his own economic record. He attacks his predecessor – a man for whom I worked – as his advisers …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know It: Laurence Kotlikoff www.bloomberg.com Great read – hat tip to (my former student) Jason Gould: “Let’s get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills.” Timothy …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: William McGurn: Are Americans Bigots? – WSJ.com online.wsj.com “In The Wall Street Journal, Main Street columnist William McGurn says elites have become far too ready to attack the motives of those who disagree with them.” Henry Olsen: Unemployment: What Would Reagan Do? – WSJ.com …
From Peter Gordon, via Greg Mankiw, an “interesting analogy” from p. 25 of Paul Seabright’s book entitled “The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life“: “Politicians are in charge of the modern economy in much the same way as a sailor is in charge of a small boat in a storm. The consequences …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: How Companies Track Corporate Reputation – The Numbers Guy – WSJ blogs.wsj.com “How polling firms and other companies track corporate reputation, from monitoring social networks to surveying thousands of people daily.” Medicare Actuary Questions Obamacare Savings | Foxnews.com politics.blogs.foxnews.com “The actuaries at Medicare are …
Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading lately: Nature or nurture: What determines investor behavior www.sciencedirect.com Here’s the abstract from this fascinating article: “Using data on identical and fraternal twins’ complete financial portfolios, we decompose the cross-sectional variation in investor behavior. We find that a genetic factor explains about one-third of the …
