By investing in the 2012 Mazda3 to improved functionality

By investing in the 2012 Mazda3 to improved functionalityCars play an important role, in addition to use as a means of transport, cars are a part of who we are. Without cars, we could not keep time, traveling long distances in a short time and we would not have a way of expressing our lifestyle. Consciously or unconsciously, most of us think of our cars as second homes, we take time to adjust our

Remembering Milton Friedman

Allen Sanderson reminisces about the great economist.

My New Job

As reported by the Harvard Crimson.

Ben and the Bound

There has been a lot of chatter lately about monetary policy under Ben Bernanke's leadership and how his Fed has dealt with the zero lower bound on interest rates.  One of the more thoughtful analyses of this topic I have seen is this paper by Larry Ball.

The President's Economic Rhetoric

As seen by Jim Capretta (with whom I had the pleasure to work when I was in DC some years ago).

Price Controls in Venezuela

From the NY Times, a great article for teaching Chapter 6 of my favorite textbook.

A Defense of Oil Speculation

From economist Jim Hamilton.