May 2023

Thursday, 25 May 2023

The debate over work requirements for social programs is hot and heavy. I'll chime in there as I don't think even the Wall Street Jo...

The videos from the Hoover Monetary Policy Conference are now online here . See my previous post for a summary of the conference. The bi...

Walter Russell Mead has a nice essay in Tablet on California. This excerpt struck me. You too were probably dragged through "Grapes of...

My first post described a few anecdotes about what a warm person Bob Lucas was, and such a great colleague. Here I describe a little bit of...

Friday May 12 we had the annual Hoover monetary policy conference. Hoover twitter stream here . Conference webpage and schedule here . As b...

I just got the sad news that Bob Lucas has passed away. He was truly a giant among economists, and a wonderful warm person. I will only pa...

Princeton University Press has a 50% off sale on all books, including the (overpriced, sorry) Fiscal Theory of the Price Level . The splash...

From WSJ "Many Americans who want to move are trapped in their homes—locked in by low interest rates they can’t afford to give up. ...