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links for 2009-01-11
Why there's so little good evidence that policy works - Nick Rowe Social agency and rational choice - Understanding Society We're Borrowing Like Mad. Can the U.S. Pay It Back? - washingtonpost.com The Case for Bigger Government - Jeff Sachs To the Last Syllable of ...
links for 2009-01-13
economistsview.typepad.com — Audacity itself as economic experiment - Los Angeles Times Dynamic Scoring - Employment, Interest, and Money More... on Agglomerations - The Bellows Did Gary Becker Really Argue Complete Crowding-Out? - pgl Hassett and the Paradox of ... (more) links for 2009-01-13
links for 2009-01-16
economistsview.typepad.com — Pump-priming and the Keynesian Laffer curve - Nick Rowe Liberalism and Libertarianism: An Economist's View - Brad... DeLong The failure of financial regulation - The Economists’ Forum The Mars Methane Mystery: Aliens At Last? - Discover Magazine ... (more) links for 2009-01-16
links for 2009-01-05
economistsview.typepad.com — The myth of the riskometer - voxeu.org CRE Crash Spreading - Calculated Risk Cheat, Pray, Love -... James Surowiecki Fed Officials Worry Inflation Rates Could Ease Too Much - RTE Who should get the federal stimulus funds - Ed ... (more) links for 2009-01-05
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Economics and... — ... (hat tip: Mark Thoma) applies the rational expectations concept to policymakers and reaches the conclusion that we will never be able to find evidence of policy effectiveness, even if policies are actually quite effective. ...

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