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Gadgets, models and economic wonkiness

Economics can be forbiddingly complex. But its policies work themselves out in an inevitably reductionist democratic context, whether in America, with its circuslike political campaigns, or in fractious Europe. Continue reading

Posted on July 17, 2012 4:14 PM




Transactions: May 28, 2012

Notions of time in economics are as slippery and as faith-based as campaign commercials. One relevant duration in economic theory seems to be the time required to attain equilibrium. Stand back and let markets clear, my friends, and all will... Continue reading

Posted on May 25, 2012 2:30 PM




Transactions: May 28, 2012

Is there a magic bridge between short and long, past and future, microfoundation and macroeconomics? Continue reading

Posted on May 25, 2012 12:30 PM




Bill Keller for dummies

The former executive editor of The New York Times joins the ranks of those who think it's time he learned some economics. What did he discover? What a rotten subject. Continue reading

Posted on December 9, 2011 12:00 PM




The new economics of the textbook business

No one has dominated textbook publishing more than Paul Samuelson. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist, whose first edition of "Economics" reached students in 1948, was already deceased when his 19th edition landed in 2010. Long before then, though, America's... Continue reading

Posted on October 28, 2011 3:33 PM




VIDEO: China must modernize its economy

In this video interview with The Deal Pipeline, Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund Phelps says China needs a whole new financial system in which 'ordinary people can start up businesses without having to go to the king for a charter.' Continue reading

Posted on July 8, 2011 2:15 PM




The sounds of silence

Financial reform legislation addresses some problems well, some not so well, and some not at all. How it will all work will only be apparent around the time of the next meltdown. Continue reading

Posted on January 8, 2010 12:00 PM




Editor's letter: Nov. 2, 2009

The behavioral crowd gets its chance to define us. But if we're all irrational, who should we follow? Continue reading

Posted on October 30, 2009 11:49 AM




Editor's letter: Oct. 5, 2009

We look at Keynes and his lost age and wonder: Who lived a richer life? Continue reading

Posted on October 2, 2009 1:36 PM




Editor's note: Aug. 10, 2009

Wall Street is a living embodiment of what Joseph Schumpeter famously called creative destruction. Continue reading

Posted on August 7, 2009 10:20 AM




The price is right?

Consumer prices have risen for two consecutive months and commodity prices may also increase. Continue reading

Posted on August 7, 2009 10:06 AM




Transactions: April 20, 2009

It was the rare economist who can claim he saw the crisis coming. But that doesn't stop the continuing predictions. Continue reading

Posted on April 17, 2009 1:00 PM




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