ECONOMY

China’s Medicines are Saving American Lives

The Economist reports that China is now the second largest producer of new pharmaceuticals, after the United States. China has…

1 month ago

Public Choice Outreach Conference!

The annual Public Choice Outreach Conference is a crash course in public choice. The conference is designed for undergraduates and…

1 month ago

Q1 GDPNow at -2.1%; accounting for gold imports guesstimate, -0.1%

That’s from today’s GDPNow release (Calculation: As of the 7 March release, the reported GDPNow was -1.6%, while adjusted was…

1 month ago

Visits to the Doctor, Per Year

The number of times people visit the doctor per year varies tremendously across OECD countries from a low of 2.9…

1 month ago

I talk with Filippo Gaddo

Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use…

1 month ago

Games we played

I always loved games and card games, and they played a big role in family life.  It was one activity…

2 months ago

Regime Uncertainty

Robert Higgs coined the term regime uncertainty to illustrate the challenge faced by business under Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, when…

2 months ago

Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Two Amazingly Stupid Ideas

About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.…

2 months ago

It’s Happening!

Waymo factory in Phoenix, AZ. 2000 cars and counting. Hat tip: Brian Potter. The post It’s Happening! appeared first on…

2 months ago

The Strange, Strange World of Alignment Training

Here is a report on some alignment research by computer scientists. It’s instructive not only for the results but even…

2 months ago