Reviving Economics

Dedicated to dismantling the Ivory Tower and attempting, in some small way, to help revive the social science of economics.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Cigarette tax shot down, unfortunately

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My previous post talked about what I view as a good bit of legislation passing in Indiana. Now I want to talk about a bill that was narrowly...
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Indiana Senate approves lottery privatization

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Sorry it's been a while since my last post - it's been hectic. I'm gonna get back into the swing of things though.... Yesterday...
Friday, February 16, 2007

What economists don't get about the critics of free trade

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As I mention in my comments to Greg Mankiw's post , the reason the job of talking about the benefits to free trade and globalization is...
Saturday, February 10, 2007

How to measure Bigotry

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Here is an econ paper from our friends across the pond (in N. Ireland) on how to measure bigotry across western nations . Specificially, i...
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Monday, February 5, 2007

Suburban Sprawl bites the hands that feed it

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For the first time every in America, there are more individuals classified as 'poor' living in the suburbs than in urban areas. Thi...
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Thursday, February 1, 2007

"one cent" = five cents

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This guy's point is the kind of thing where I'm sure hundreds of people thought about it for like a split second, then realized how...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

More crazy talk from the Pigou Club

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Mankiw boasts of more publicity for his pro gas-tax club. This publicity includes commentary by Economics correspondent Chris Farrell. When...
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Garth A Brazelton
Indianapolis, IN
I work for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation as the Director of Operations and Business Systems, and I teach macroeconomics at Indiana University (Indianapolis). Previously, I was an Economist at the US DOT in Cambridge, MA. This blog does not represent the opinions of any of these organizations.
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