The British War on Slavery
In August of 1833 the British passed legislation abolishing slavery within the British Empire and putting more than 800,000 enslaved
Housing 101
John Arnold points us to this table on new apartments and pointedly notes that the population of LA (18.5 m)
Moving on Up
James Heckman and Sadegh Eshaghnia have launched a broadside in the WSJ against the Chetty-Hendren paper The Impacts of Neighborhoods
Yield Curves over the Last Year
The yield curve at the short end is almost as inverted as it was in November 2024.
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Dear Committee Members
Like many who spend their lives in the ivory tower, I enjoy academic satires. That includes Richard Russo’s novel Straight
Resources for Teaching Tariffs
Trump has put tariffs on the economics agenda in a way that hasn’t been true for decades. As a new
How Retrainable are AI-Exposed Workers?
We document the extent to which workers in AI-exposed occupations can successfully retrain for AI-intensive work. We assemble a new
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Paul Krugman and I
Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use
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