MacroMania

I have long suspected that there was something fishy about the economic defense for property rights in knowledge. My first attempt at questi...

When the tale of King Solomon's dilemma was first told to me as a kid, I was (like most people, no doubt) left marvelling at Solomon...

I used to think that Larry Summers was a reasonable sort of fellow. By here is some evidence proving that spending too much time in administ...

Along with Martin Hellwig, I think that the other bright light in the field of finance is Gary Gorton of Yale. He has published several very...

Tired of all that sanctimonious drivel spewing from the likes of Dani Rodrik and Willem Buiter? Head aching from the cacophony of shrill voi...

The current debate over the size of the "government spending mulitiplier" is a perfect measure of the sway that conventional econo...

I used to love watching "60 Minutes" as a kid. Unlike "60 Minutes," however, I eventually grew up (although, not everyon...