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An Economic Exercise in Wishful Thinking85 comments

dakinikat wrote 2 weeks ago: Warning: Do NOT use before making economic policy. In today’s NY Times, David Leonhardt is ver … more →

Tags: General, Economy, Economic Stimulus, Worst president ever, The Great Recession, Paul Krugman, financial crisis, Joseph Stiglitz, Larry Summers

Health Care Is Already Rationed But Not Rationally

Dwight Furrow wrote 2 weeks ago: In the Senate’s health care debate, Republicans are stonewalling progress by complaining about the h … more →

Tags: Dwight Furrow's Posts, ethics of care, Politics, health care rationing, Republicans and health care rationing

Heathcare Reform

Jake wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve been having a great e-mail exchange with a college friend of mine over the healthcare deb … more →

Tags: Arnold Kling, Barack Obama, Congress, Ezra Klein, Greg Mankiw, Healthcare, megan mcardle, Paul Krugman, Russell Roberts

The New York Times discovers economics. Sort of.2 comments

Lance Burri wrote 4 weeks ago: It’s happening anyway, see, so we should just let the government do it. That’s my pithy … more →

Tags: Troglodytial Bloviation, Health Care, Economics

Rationing vs. Economizing3 comments

Blackadder wrote 4 weeks ago: Yesterday’s New York Times contained an op-ed by David Leonhardt responding to the criticism t … more →

Tags: Health Care, New York Times

Irrationally talking about rationing

Zachary wrote 4 weeks ago: David Leonhardt is quick becoming one of my favorite columnists.  Here, he nails the “rationin … more →

Tags: Politics, Social Thoughts, Health Care, New York Times, red herring, Rationing, Public Insurance, public insurance plan

Leonhardt on Healthcare

Jake wrote 1 month ago: David Leonhardt in today’s NYT. I give the guy a lot a credit for coming right at the “r … more →

Tags: Healthcare, New York Times, comparitive effectiveness research, Worker Compensation

Spitting in the Face of the American Worker

walkingaroundsense wrote 1 month ago: If business and government destroy the American worker, they are going down with us. I know that pro … more →

Tags: American workers, Economy, Jobs, NYTimes

The Right Career for You and Your Family

Mama Bee wrote 1 month ago: A few weeks ago David Leonhardt at The New York Times reported on some interesting new data from Har … more →

Tags: Work, News, working mother, New York Times, flex time, opting out, Opting, stay-at-home mothers

Big swinging deregulators1 comment

Ranjit wrote 1 month ago: ” ‘As Treasury secretary starting in 1999, [Larry Summers] shepherded a couple of bills … more →

Tags: financial crisis, Willem Buiter, Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, deregulation, Alan Greenspan, brooksley born, Credit Derivatives, Mark Thoma

Bubba And The Bubble1 comment

aroundthesphere wrote 1 month ago: Peter Baker’s interview with the 42nd President in the Sunday Magazine of the New York Times … more →

Tags: Economics, The Crisis, political figures, New York Times, swampland, Slate, Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, the new republic

In Michigan, They Will Call It A "Pop Tax"1 comment

aroundthesphere wrote 1 month ago: So the federal soda tax is coming or not? And is it a good idea? Will Saletan on the plan to change … more →

Tags: Health Care, Economics, andrew sullivan, New York Times, Slate, Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, New Majority, Reason

The Great Skills Mismatch: Wall Street Quants Thumb Their Nose at Tech Startups

Spencer Ante wrote 2 months ago: There’s an emerging structural shift in the U.S. economy that has created a serious mismatch b … more →

Tags: Wall Street Quants Thumb Their Nose at Tech Startups, BusinessWeek, First Round Capital, Fred Wilson, New York Times, Peter Coy, Union Square Ventures

Media roundup2 comments

Jessica wrote 2 months ago: A compendium of things I’ve enjoyed reading recently. On books (and bees): From the London Rev … more →

Tags: Other, media roundup, hrabal, David Souter, swine flu, Mark Taylor, Cory Doctorow, Dahlia Lithwick, James Wood

Link of the Day: Q&A with Obama1 comment

Jonah wrote 2 months ago: Well no, not my Q&A with Obama. I did interview someone quite interesting this week, but he was … more →

Tags: Link of the Day, Baseball, Politics, Barack Obama, New York Times, Economy, MLB

Don't Buy Real Estate Yet

nahnopenotquite wrote 2 months ago: P.F. – Don’t read this post. This piece, by David Leonhardt, is a must read for renters … more →

Tags: The Economy, Real Estate, New York, the new depression, New York Times, housing crisis, New York City, Manhattan

Are Stocks Still Overpriced?1 comment

Fetu wrote 4 months ago: You be the judge. Below is a graph of P/E for S&P500 since 1880s. One can obviously see that the … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous Interesting Pieces of Information, bubblenomics, p/e ratio, S&P 500, Stocks

The Pirate Pose

Mike Gibson wrote 4 months ago: David Leonhardt today:  What happened? Banks borrowed money from lenders around the world. The banke … more →

Tags: pirates, Bailout

I'm Right; You're Wrong: A Debate About The Obama Budget3 comments

Phil wrote 4 months ago: I was feeling sick the other day so I went to the doctor. $10,000 in medical fees later, he told me … more →

Tags: Politics, Debate, New York Times, Conservative, facebook, taxes, Barack Obama, Budget, Capital Gains Tax


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