A Museum Worth 100 Marcs
Economists are forever complaining about the public’s ignorance of economics. You can’t really blame the […]
Waiting for the Tooth Fairy
Four prominent economists at the Hoover Institution have published a new paper claiming that President Trump’s […]
Amazon, Whole Foods, and The Great A&P
A lot of people are concerned that if Amazon.com’s purchase of Whole Foods Market goes through, […]
Mismeasuring Mismeasurement
Nobody wants ordinary. That’s why my assertion in An Extraordinary Time that our slow economic growth […]
Pushing Productivity
As I’ve talked to people about An Extraordinary Time, I’ve received a lot of questions […]
Time for a Timely Demise
As a young journalist, I was taught never to refer to someone’s “untimely” death: those […]
My Housing Subsidy
It seems the new U.S. administration wants to make a major reduction in housing subsidies. […]
About Economic Arrogance
The other day Paul Krugman took a whack at the Trump administration’s “economic arrogance.” He […]
Uncomfortable Questions About Our Ports
Sometimes people ask questions to which they really don’t want the answers–especially when the answers […]
Economic Illusions
In my book An Extraordinary Time, I document the hubris of economists who thought they […]