Keep Politics Out of Data
Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use
The Danger from Japan
Answer: America won. Every generation launches a new competitor to America and the people who don’t like capitalism and America’s
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Our Dollar, Your Problem
I just finished Our Dollar, Your Problem by my Harvard colleague Ken Rogoff. It is a great read for econonerds like
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Economics Teaching Conference
About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
What to Watch (or Not): Ballard, Perfect Days, Billy Joel
Ballard (Amazon Prime) — I liked Bosch, so I had high hopes for this spinoff. The core premise—a team of
Genius, Rejected: Emergent Ventures Versus the System
Quanta Magazine has a good piece on a 17-year-old student who disproved a long-standing conjecture in harmonic analysis: Yet a paper
The economics of the U.S. auto industry, a brief history
From Adam Ozimek: The economic value of the cars being made has climbed substantially through the years. As a result,
Design Your Own Rug!
For my wedding anniversary, I designed and had hand-woven in Afghanistan a rug for my microbiologist wife. The rug mixes
Wegovy ™ for Me, but Not for Thee (cont’d)
The just-announced trade “deal” (what’s the enforcement mechanism?) apparently covers pharmaceuticals. Where do we get most of our pharma (by
What Fed Funds Rate Does Trump Want?
Compared to Taylor rule, according the to the Atlanta Fed Taylor rule utility. Figure 1: Fed funds implied by Taylor