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This week before Labor Day, news about economics tends to be scarce, while academics and teachers are looking ahead to the next term. In tha... conversable economist academic researchers structure building https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2012/01/indias-economic-growth-puzzles-issues.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: India's Economic Growth: Puzzles, Issues, Sustainability Economic growth has taken off in India. But among economists, there are a variety of puzzles about when growth really took off, why it took... conversable economist economic growth india puzzles issues https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2020/07/my-country-right-or-wrong-no-patriot.html?m=0 CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: "My Country, Right or Wrong": No Patriot Would Say It In the 21st century, I'm not sure how many Americans would ever actually say "my country, right or wrong." 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For example, defining "good manag... conversable economist management u firms https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2015/03/human-rights-are-eggs-and-economic.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Human Rights are Eggs, and Economic Rights are Croquet Balls I was talking with a student the other day about human rights and economic rights, and it reminded me of a passage written by E.B. White--y... conversable economist human rights eggs economic croquet https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2011/12/mccloskey-on-great-fact-of-economic.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: McCloskey on the Great Fact of Economic Growth In a characteristically ornate, well-considered, good-humored and provocative essay, Dierdre McCloskey has a lot to say about "A Kirznerian ... conversable economist the great mccloskey fact economic https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/02/obesity-and-healthy-snacks.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Obesity and Healthy Snacks The rise in American rates of obesity can be traced back to what seems like a fairly small rise in daily calories consumed, I learned this l... conversable economist obesity healthy snacks https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/01/how-did-misery-index-become-irrelevant.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: How Did the Misery Index Become Irrelevant? When unemployment and inflation both rose sharply during the "stagflation" of the 1970s, Arthur Okun came up with the "misery index," which... conversable economist misery index become irrelevant https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2015/05/tradeoffs-of-dollarization.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Tradeoffs of Dollarization Only a few countries around the world have gone so far as to "dollarize" their economy--that is, using the US dollar as a predominant legal... conversable economist tradeoffs dollarization https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2021/03/debt-and-deficits-nostalgia-for-1980s.html?m=0 CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Debt and Deficits: Nostalgia for the 1980s Back in the mid-1980s, the federal government under the Reagan administration ran what were widely considered to be excessive and risky budg... conversable economist for the debt deficits nostalgia https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2012/02/us-and-world-perspective-immigration.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: U.S. and World Perspective: Immigration Policy #5 This is the fifth of five posts on immigration policy. 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Perhaps unsurprising, about 30% of th... conversable economist mix in gender ap economics https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2012/01/thoughts-on-ultra-low-interest-rates.html?m=0 CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Thoughts on Ultra-Low Interest Rates Philip Turner asks "Is the long-term interest rate a policy victim, a policy variable or a policy lodestar? in a December 2011 working pape... conversable economist low interest thoughts ultra rates https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2019/03/some-us-social-indicators-since-1960.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Some US Social Indicators Since 1960 The Office of Management and Budget released President Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2020 a few weeks ago. I confess that when ... conversable economist social indicators us since https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-tripartite-mandate-for-central-banks.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: A Tripartite Mandate for Central Banks? The U.S. Federal Reserve operates under what is commonly called a "dual mandate," which basically means that it should take both inflation a... conversable economist tripartite mandate central banks https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014/08/grade-inflation-evidence-from-two.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Grade Inflation: Evidence from Two Policies Grade inflation in U.S. higher education is a disturbing phenomenon. Here's a disribution of grades over time as compiled by Stuart Rojstacz... conversable economist grade inflation evidence two policies https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2019/10/ CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: October 2019 conversable economist october https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2014/04/will-real-interest-rates-bounce-back.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Will Real Interest Rates Bounce Back? Back around 1983, I remember visiting friends in San Diego and making a day-trip over into Mexico. 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Jason Furman and Lawrence Summers are prominent Democratic-leaning academic economists, but not among those whose names have been put forwa... conversable economist time to federal budget worry less https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2015/02/follow-up-opting-out-of-us-corporate.html?m=0 CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Follow-up: Opting Out of the US Corporate Income Tax A couple of months ago, I posted on how a growing share of US firms were " Opting out of the US Corporate Income Tax " (December 22, 2014), ... conversable economist follow up opting out https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2016/04/us-suicide-rates-rising.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: US Suicide Rates Rising Overall US life expectancy is rising, but US suicide rates are also rising. 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The March 2014 issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics has a symposium on the issues of whether people should be allowed to sell a kidney. ... conversable economist the option selling kidney https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2018/05/sample-some-debates-at-soho-forum.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Sample Some Debates at the Soho Forum The Soho Forum " features topics of special interest to libertarians, and the series aims to enhance social and professional ties within the... conversable economist at the sample debates soho https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2018/09/interview-with-chad-syverson-issues-in.html CONVERSABLE ECONOMIST: Interview with Chad Syverson: Issues in Productivity Aaron Steelman interviews Chad Syverson in Econ Focus (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Second Quarter 2018, pp. 22-27). 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