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All great change begins at the dinner table -Ronald Reagan. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Reading and Listening Recommendations. The government toolkit is a child’s toy. August 13, 2016. In this post on. Don Boudreaux takes down the idea some solutions are best suited for markets and some are best suited for government. In this case, Dani Rodrick makes the argument in his book, E. Yep, that sounds reasonable. But, consider Boudreaux’s reponse:. The market’s toolkit:. July 30, 2016.
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The Grumpy Economist: Gordon on Growth
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Bob Gordon is making a big splash with a new paper, Is US Growth Over. Gordon's paper is about the biggest and most important economic question of all: Long-run growth. It's easy to forget that per-capita income, the overall standard of living, only started to increase steadily in about 1750. The Roman empire lasted centuries, but the average person at the end of it did not live better than at the beginning. It is widely agreed that the productivity growth of the industrialize...
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The Grumpy Economist: Greece and Banking
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Source: Wall Street Journal; Getty Images. A Wall Street Journal Oped. With Andy Atkeson, summarizing many points already made on this blog. If Detroit, Puerto Rico or even Illinois defaults on its debts, there is no run on the banks. Why? Depositors in the eurozone don’t share this privilege. For the rest, you have to go to WSJ. Or wait 30 days until I'm allowed to post it here. Lucrezia Reichlin and Luis Garicano have an excellent Project Syndicate piece. On the same topic.
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The Grumpy Economist: A mean-variance benchmark
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Thursday, February 6, 2014. A mean-variance benchmark for intertemporal portfolio theory. 69:1-49 (Feburary 2014) DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12099 (ungated version here. After all these years, it is still a thrill when an article gets published, and this being a bit of a personal day on the blog (see last post. I can't resist sharing it. This paper started when John Campbell presented "Who should buy long-term bonds? I thought, "that's so obvious! And, simultaneously, kicking myself, "why didn't I think of that?
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Hartzman's: On the philosophy of Avatar
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One who intends to leave others better off for his having existed. On the philosophy of Avatar. There’s a sense of entitlement —. 8216;We’re here, we’re big, we’ve got the guns,. We’ve got the technology, we’ve got the brains,. We therefore are entitled to every damn thing on this planet.’. That’s not how it works. And we’re going to find out the hard way. If we don’t wise up and start seeking a life. That’s in balance with the natural cycles of life on earth. James Cameron on “Avatar”. How old are you?
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Hartzman's: 8th Avenue by: Hospitality (cover) by Karly Hartzman 1:45
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One who intends to leave others better off for his having existed. 8th Avenue by: Hospitality (cover) by Karly Hartzman 1:45. Posted by Abner Doon. You must be proud to be the father of such a beautiful and talented daughter. 3/5/14, 9:16 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Issues, Disclaimers etc. What you may think I'm thinking. Isn't necessarily what I'm thinking. To conform to compliance guidelines. For strategic, economic planning. And financial ethics courses,. For CPAs, attorneys and investors.
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Hartzman's: John Mayer - Stop This Train (Cover sung by Karly Hartzman, Guitar by Memoria)
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One who intends to leave others better off for his having existed. John Mayer - Stop This Train (Cover sung by Karly Hartzman, Guitar by Memoria). Posted by Abner Doon. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Issues, Disclaimers etc. What you may think I'm thinking. Isn't necessarily what I'm thinking. To conform to compliance guidelines. For strategic, economic planning. And financial ethics courses,. For CPAs, attorneys and investors. If anything can be refined,. Could be exponential,. Or sell any security.
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The Grumpy Economist: Unit roots, redux
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Friday, April 24, 2015. Unit roots, redux. S askblog and Roger Farmer. Have a little exchange on GDP and unit roots. My two cents here. I did a lot of work on this topic a long time ago, in How Big is the Random Walk in GNP. The first one) Permanent and Transitory Components of GNP and Stock Prices. 8221; (The last, and I think best one) " Multivariate estimates. With Argia Sbordone, and " A critique of the application of unit root tests. Particularly appropriate to Roger's battery of tests. Arnold asks ...
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The Grumpy Economist: Behavioral Public Choice
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. In a number of blog posts, ( here. I've complained about the lack of behavioral public choice theory, and highlighted some efforts. Highlights an interesting new paper that breaks in to this field, Behavioral public choice: The behavioral paradox of government policy. By Ted Gayer and W. Kip Viscusi. A quote:. I am interested that behavioral economics seems so focused on mistakes of individual decision making, as nicely summarized in the quote. In fact the most obvious thing...
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The Grumpy Economist: Minimum wage and mechanization
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Minimum wage and mechanization. A while ago I opined that higher minimum wages might lead companies like McDonalds to substitute to machines. A former student sends me:. Here's a photo I took in the McDonald's on the Champs-Élysées, Paris, of the screens where customers can place their orders and pay. After a short wait, you pick up your burger and fries at the counter. I did not ask just why he is eating at McDonalds in France! John H. Cochrane. July 22, 2015 at 2:28 PM. If you...
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