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Archive for December 2013
Richmond Fed Interview

Richmond Fed Interview

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The Richmond Fed published a long interview with me in their Econ Focus, shorter pdf (print) version here and longer...
Making fun of people's names?

Making fun of people's names?

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Paul Krugman is now reduced to making fun of my name.I was alerted to the fact that we were living in a Dark Age of macroeconomics...
Healthcare tidbits

Healthcare tidbits

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Tidbits that came in following my WSJ oped last week1. I heard from a lot of people in the burgeoning market for cash only...
What to do when Obamacare unravels

What to do when Obamacare unravels

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Wall Street Journal Oped December 26 2013.The unraveling of the Affordable Care Act presents a historic opportunity for...
Why English Majors (and their editors) Should Take an Economics Class

Why English Majors (and their editors) Should Take an Economics Class

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To avoid writing silly articles, as appeared in the Sunday New York Times under the title “Triumph of the English Major.”...
Hope for healthcare?

Hope for healthcare?

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“Can this Man Save Health care?” is another nice article about Dr. Keith Smith, founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma...
Williamson on the economics blogosphere

Williamson on the economics blogosphere

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Steve Williamson has an insightful set of posts, Minneapolis Redux, and Journalists Looking for a Fight. They are tangentially...
What if we got the sign wrong on monetary policy?

What if we got the sign wrong on monetary policy?

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I’ve been following with interest the rumblings of economists playing with an amazing idea – what if we have the sign wrong...
Three Nobel Lectures, and the Rhetoric of Finance

Three Nobel Lectures, and the Rhetoric of Finance

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It was my great pleasure – and honor – to attend this year’s Nobel prize ceremonies. It started with the Nobel prize lectures,...
Calomiris and Haber on the politics of bank regulation

Calomiris and Haber on the politics of bank regulation

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Foreign Affairs has a very nice article “Why Banking Systems Succeed – And Fail: The Politics Behind Financial Institutions”...
Chris Demuth on Obamacare

Chris Demuth on Obamacare

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Source: Weekly StandardI found a nice Obamacare essay by Chris Demuth, “The Silence of the Liberals: Obamacare is Inimical...
Hansen Nobel Spanish Translation

Hansen Nobel Spanish Translation

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Spanish translation of my blog post on Lars Hansen’s Nobel PrizeEl premio Nobel de Lars Hansen (traducción al español de...
Unintentionally hilarious Nobel coverage

Unintentionally hilarious Nobel coverage

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Shawn Tully at Fortune wrote a very thoughtful piece describing Gene Fama’s research and views on efficient markets.The...
Learning the wrong lesson while waiting on hold

Learning the wrong lesson while waiting on hold

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Health care policy debates seem to have become a war of anecdotes. Margaret Talbot of the New Yorker posted one titled “My...
Fama Nobel En Espanol

Fama Nobel En Espanol

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Pedro Cervera kindly translated my short piece on Gene Fama’s Nobel prize, which will appear in “Estrategia Financiera”...
Health economics and cognitive dissonance

Health economics and cognitive dissonance

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PS: I will be talking about alternatives to Obamacare on Wed Dec 4 at the Cato Policy Perspectives event in Chica...
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