I’m rushing to finish a literature review on the economic effects of divorce reform, but wanted to post a few random thoughts:
1. Kudos to Paul Krugman, recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics. He received the prize for his work on trade and economic geography, but I knew him first as an expert on [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Paul Krugman’
October 13, 2008
Busy
October 3, 2008
The tyranny of healthier seniors
Krugman digs up the source of that closing Palin quote about the ongoing need to defend our liberties. It’s from a Ronald Reagan ad against Medicare–a program most Americans today would rather expand than end in the name of “freedom.”
October 1, 2008
Krugman’s thoughts
Paul Krugman’s latest take on the bailout proposals:
My view, which I think is now shared by many economists, is that Paulson grabbed hold of the wrong end of the stick — he should have been seeking to expand bank capital, taking an ownership share in compensation, rather than trying to push up the value of [...]
