Oh, a minor diversion from the usual political economy stuff that goes up here.   This is triggered by an article in last week's The Ec...

 The Peoples' Republic of China (PRC) has achieved great outcomes over the last several decades, especially after the late Deng Xiaoping...

 But somehow becomes vaguer about exactly how this is going to happen and show up, but he wants the Fed to stop it in its track, goshdarnit....

 With the welcome cease fire in Israel-Palestine, it looks like Bibi Netanyahu has achieved his near term goal of remaining prime minister o...

 These are some no-doubt under-informed thoughts on monopsony  and labor markets that I've had preparatory to teaching the principles co...

 Sigh, so much that is so obvious, and so much that is not, but so much that is so sad, especially as there seems to be little real prospect...

Credits: Reuben Walker, animation and music. Tom Walker, concept and design. Charles Wentworth Dilke, Sydney John Chapman, and Arthur Olaus ...

Today I learned that my EconoSpeak post, " Disposable People " (which has over 2500 views) has been reinstated by Blogger. I never...

  Two things I am especially pleased about that were sort of incidental at the time: 1. The prominence in the title of "ambivalence...

I learned a few days ago that Richard (Dick) Hollis Day died about a month ago.  There is no obit yet, so I do not have exact dates of birth...

 The recent correlation I have noticed, with others commenting on it also, is that some of the most prominent nations with the most rapidly ...

 Today is May Day. An ancient point of the Gaelic calendar marking spring, it was long marked by pagan fertility celebrations and rites, dan...

 The death of Nobel Prize winner Robert A. Mundell at age 88 has brought forth much discussion about his work and legacy.  Most of this disc...

 So this is about the now getting to be passe topic of what will happen to inflation this year, with Larry Summers having gone out of his wa...

 Well, as we increasingly understand how environmentally damaging producing beef is, quite aside from lots of other issues, the proper issue...