Reviving Economics

I'd like to formally pledge my support, for what it is worth, to the F airTax movement. For the uninitiated, basically FairTax seeks to...

Mankiw says: "being an economist involved in the policy process is harder than being an economist in academia. Academics can easily say...

While I could be in favor of some caron tax (definately not a retail gas tax hike like Mankiw offers however), Friedman makes the point that...

Mankiw discusses why it's ok for him to advocate a gas tax increase even though it's surely politically infeasable. He quote Friedma...

This week, Gary Becker discusses marriage subsidizing . He's against it as a means of "social engineering." I generally agree ...

This reminded me of what I consider to be a very sad US policy - that is requiring foreign grad students who want to get degrees in the US t...

A Senate panel told credit card companies to stop charging late fees and interest penalties becuase too many Americans, in their view, are b...