Reviving Economics

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

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Obama's "Bank Tax" - good idea that could be poorly executed

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" The president is proposing a levy of 15 basis points, or 0.15 percent, on the liabilities of large financial institutions. The tax, ...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

More harmful Chinese imports: no surprise.

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I've said it before, I'll say it again - the United States needs to get tough with the Chinese on this kind of stuff.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Great Blog Post on Problem with Mainstream Concept of Constant or Increasing Marginal Utility

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"Thus, one cannot talk about preferences for risk independently of the real human activity that has risk as one of its attributes....
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Planet Money Continues to be Amazing

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Thank You Planet Money for delving into this issue. As usual, they let the listener draw their own conclusions - and I think most (especia...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

IUPUI accepting applications for Ph.D in Economics, Fall 2010

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The specialization area, and the heavily quantitative nature of the degree probably aren't my cup of tea... but for those in the Indiana...
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The N-Effect

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This is a really neat study. The basic point is summed up as: "the motivation to succeed decreases as the number of [people, or, N] r...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Uh Oh. Looks like the Cap and Trade Would Remain Regressive and Disproportionate (No surprise here)

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US Sec. of State Clinton pledges up to $100 Billion annually to help foreign countries pay for climate change controls. "Clinton said ...
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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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