Reviving Economics

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

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Iran's Gasoline Conundrum

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Iran is one of the world's largest sources/exporter of oil, and yet, doesn't have the capacity to refine its own oil to make domesti...
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Monday, June 25, 2007

Sub-Prime Morgages - Becker/Posner

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Becker and Posner discuss Sub-Prime housing markets. ...And I try to argue against the Chicago-school-as-usual line of thinking they offer u...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

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The Indianapolis Star reports on a part of the Indiana Budget recently passed into law that would make motorcyclists pay a $10 fee to go to ...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Incentives for the Poor - for doing their social duty

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I ran across an interesting Canadian Press piece (oddly enough) about New York's new incentives for poor people. From the piece: "P...
Friday, June 15, 2007

I'll use all the GD water I want, thanks!

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It was only a matter of time, but the city of Indy has finally formally asked thousands of residential water users in the city to conserve t...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

I just can't keep my opinion to myself (blame Mankiw)

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Mankiw today says the following in response to a report regarding social welfare / utility: "They believe: 1. Tax policy should be set ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Differing views from differing blogs

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The Mises Institute says that government is worthless: "There is no such thing as public investment, only public consumption. This conc...
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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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