Kamis, 28 April 2016

Kocherlakota on Trump

Narayana writes a column titled Trump Starts Making Economic Sense .  Seems to be a minority view among economists.

Gabaix to Harvard

I just heard the wonderful news that Xavier Gabaix will be joining the faculty of the Harvard economics department.  Welcome, Xavier! Adden...
Jumat, 22 April 2016

Truths about Trade

Alan Blinder has a great column in today's Wall Street Journal .
Rabu, 20 April 2016

A Reading for the Pigou Club

On Yoram Bauman, Carbon Washington, and the success in British Columbia .
Jumat, 15 April 2016

A Nice Assignment for a Macro Course

My friend Phill Swagel gives his students the following assignment: Imagine that you are a staff member working for a member of Congress who...
Senin, 11 April 2016

Where I'll Be

I am giving several public lectures this week. Here are the locations and links to relevant information, in case you are in the area and int...
Minggu, 10 April 2016

A Front Page from the Future?

The Boston Globe has some fun today, including with the paper a fake front page from the beginning of an imagined Trump presidency.  You ca...
Sabtu, 09 April 2016

Happy Square Day!

It is 4-9-16.

Immelt on Sanders

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, whom President Obama once tapped to head his economic advisory board, gives his view of presidential candi...