Wednesday, November 29, 2017

An Economist's Take on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: It's a Giant Scam and the Mother of All Bubbles

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Bitcoin has climbed over $10,000 (when I first drafted this post last week, it was at just $8,200). The cryptocurrency market now appears li...
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Sunday, November 19, 2017

A comment on "The Long-term Decline in US Manufacturing" by Jeff Frankel

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Jeff Frankel guest posts over at  Econbrowser  about "The Long-Term Decline in US Manufacturing" The theme is a familiar one ...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Robert Lawrence's New Manufacturing Paper: Confusing Trends and Levels

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Perhaps Lawrence's new paper  isn't quite as bad as I imagined when I first saw this on twitter, at least with some interesting data...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

Did the Rise of China Help or Harm the US? Let's not forget Basic Macro

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This is a question which was posed to me after I presented last week at the Federal Reserve Board in DC. Presenting there was an honor for m...
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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Ancestry and Development: the Power Pose of Economics?

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I was fortunate to be invited to present at George Mason this week. I was very impressed with the lively atmosphere of brilliant scholars. ...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Alfred Crosby Deserves a Nobel Prize in Economics...

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for his absolutely brilliant insights into Economic History and Development. Arguably, he should share it with Jared Diamond, who really s...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Ranking Academic Economic Journals by Speed

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Before, I shared some thoughts for improving academic journals . One of my complaints is about how long it takes. So, I decided to make a n...
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