Roubini: The official headline for U.S. Q1 GDP growth says a positive 0.6% growth but the details are ugly and confirm that we are in... [More]
May 1, 2008
May 5, 2008
The Last Word (I Hope!) On Gas Tax Idiocy
I really was planning to let this go, but Hillary said some things this weekend that were so silly that, well... just take a look... [More]
About Those "Experts"
Ah. Now Clinton's sudden aversion to the opinions of experts makes perfect sense: "We need a president who's a fighter again," Mrs. Clinton said at... [More]
May 6, 2008
Straight Talk!
Greg Mankiw passes along this gem from the Washington Times: John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee who should know better, was the first presidential... [More]
May 7, 2008
Meanwhile, In Oil...
Via Atrios, MSN's Charley Blaine looks at the price of oil and muses: The news got lots of attention: Goldman Sachs analyst Arjun Murti predicted... [More]
May 10, 2008
Gas Prices + Public Transport
As you read this, imagine how different our mass transit system would look, and by extension how different our country would look, if we had... [More]
May 14, 2008
Poverty From The Inside
Please go read this. Please.... [More]
May 25, 2008
Robert Frank: The Invisible Hand Is Shaking
The NYT provides yet more evidence that the days of conservative dominance are ending. When economists begin taking to their pages to explain some of... [More]

