Greg Mankiw has a cool New York Times article and blog post, “On Au” analyzing the case to be made for gold in a portfolio,...
From Livestock to the Stock Exchange
From Livestock to the Stock Exchange. © Sally Cochrane All Rights ReservedArtist’s description: This is a brief visual history...
The Value of Public Sector Pensions
The unfunded promises of public sector pensions are in the news, with the Detroit bankruptcy. Josh Rauh at Stanford and...
Are we prepared for the next financial crisis?
This is the title of a very well-prepared video made by Hal Weitzman, Dustin Whitehead and the Booth “Capital...
Health Insurance and Labor Supply
I just ran across an interesting paper, “Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock” by Craig Garthwaite,...
A Ray of Hope? Hospitals Post Prices
I was intrigued by news stories of an Oklahoma hospital posting prices for surgery – prices far below those offered by its...
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