The shortest take on the crisis..
Paul strikes again…
‘V-shaped’ recovery?
Paul Krugman thinks there is little chance of a vigorous (‘V-shaped’) recovery. There are arguments to counter this, and they have to do with supply-chains and inventories, as Krugman doesn’t […]
Chile’s interesting example
As we’ve argued elsewhere, the quality of government matters much more than it’s ‘quantity.’ Chile is a definite example of this, and provides some interesting lessons, lessons from evidence based […]
Education, education, education…
We like evidence based policies (instead of the ideologically informed ones). No more so than on education, an issue most dearest to our heart and most underestimated in the economic […]
Is it time for a gasoline tax?
There are numerous arguments in favour, and, when you think of it, not a whole lot against..
Why inflation is not a problem, even when the economy finally recovers
Some critics of stiumulus plans on the drawing board argue that all this extra money creation will drive inflation to unprecedented highs in the future, and will sink the dollar. […]
The world according to economics: a market problem
Have we hit bottom last week. We are fairly sure we haven’t, but the SEC move against naked shorting in some of the financials was a clever move (that should […]
The World according to Economist; Free Trade part 2
We continue (see here for part 1) the election platform which would attract the economist vote according to Greg Mankiw. Free trade features prominently in that platform. It’s also in […]
The World according to Economics. Part1: Free Trade
We are interested in the space where politics and economics meet (as former students of both disciplines). Often, politics gets in the way of economics, even in the economically most […]