In Environmental Economics - Posted 3 days ago

From Inkstain:Dan Yurman calculates the jobs he thinks would be created by expanding the federal loan guarantees for nuclear power:The Federal loan gu...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

I've been arguing that government spending is preferable to tax cuts as a means of stimulating the economy. Via an email from Bob Hall, anargument aga...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Synchronized Recession, Synchronized Stimulus? - EconbrowserThe Fed is confusing me - Paul KrugmanBank Recapitalization Options and Recommendation - T...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Does Christina Romer believe fiscal policy won't work to cure a recession? (No, she doesn't):Dueling outlooks, Free Exchange: ...At the heart of depre...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Jeff Sachs:A worldwide vision of sustainable recovery, by Jeffrey Sachs, Commentary, Project Syndicate: The global recession now under way is the resu...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

In an oldie, John Kenneth Galbraith explains why, for many, there is no rush to enact stabilization policy when the economy turns downward:Recession? ...

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In Greenpeace Weblogs - Posted 2 weeks ago

Japan's whaling has never made much sense to me. But then I'm a Greenpeace activist. It's pretty interesting to hear the same sentiment from someone w...

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In Institutional Economics - Posted 2 weeks ago

RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' speech to CEDA last night has been widely interpreted as giving a green light' to deficit spending, as if politicians e...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Paul Krugman sets the record straight. Again:Amity Shlaes strikes again, by Paul Krugman: When you hearclaims that the New Deal made the depression wo...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 2 weeks ago

From the WSJ's Real Time Economics blog:Members of the Journal's CEO Council tasked with discussing priorities for the U.S. economy and finance offere...

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