Jürgen Habermas, RIP
Here is one obituary. My favorite book of his was The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a
I talk with Larry Kotlikoff
Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use
Monday assorted links
1. What people get wrong about women’s rights (Alice Evans, The Economist). 2. The case against liberal interventionism. 3. More
Democracy continues
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Banned in California
California cannot permit the construction of a smartphone factory, an electric car plant, or a Navy destroyer shipyard. Not won’t
The Economy: When We Last Entered a Land War on the Asian Mainland
Employment fell as EPU rose; production stalls as Geopolitical Risk spiked. Figure 1: Nonfarm payroll employment, 000’s (blue, left log
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Economic Theory Summer Camp
About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Podcast with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer
Mostly about geopolitics, plenty of fresh content. And here is the transcript. Excerpt: Jon Finer: Should the United States be
Brazil facts of the day
Pensions cost the government 10% of GDP. If no reforms are made by 2050, Brazil will spend more on pensions
Minimum wage hikes and robots
This paper studies how minimum wage policy affects firms’ adoption of automation technologies. Using both state-level measures of robot exposure