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Americas future early education system

posted to Consider the Evidence on Mon 20th May 13

At some point, the United States is likely to have universal publicly-funded early education for children aged one to four. But while we led the way in establishing universal elementary and secondary schooling and in expanding access to college, on early education
The good society

posted to Consider the Evidence on Fri 3rd May 13

Lecture slides for my The Good Society course this spring are posted here. The topics:What should we seek?Economic securityOpportunityShared prosperity IShared prosperity IIShared prosperity IIIHealth careEducationSocial policyIs big government bad for the
Can we get wages rising?

posted to Consider the Evidence on Thu 18th Apr 13

In the United States, wages for people in middle-paying jobs and below have been flat for more than three decades. This has gone on for so long now that we should see it as the new normal, rather than a temporary aberration. There are a host of causes: intense

Is decoupling real?

posted to Consider the Evidence on Mon 12th Mar 12

Since the 1970s, income growth for middle-class American households has become decoupled from growth of the economy. The chart below offers one way to see this. It shows trends in GDP per capita and median family income, with each series displayed as an index
The great decoupling

posted to Consider the Evidence on Tue 1st Feb 11

Tyler Cowen’s e-bookThe Great Stagnation offers a novel explanation of the slowdown in U.S. median income growth since the 1970s. Here’s his causal model:Innovation —> economic growth —> median income growthIn this model there
Americas inefficient health-care system: another look

posted to Consider the Evidence on Mon 11th Jul 11

America’s health-care system differs from its counterparts in other affluent nations in a number of ways: greater fragmentation among payers and price-setters, stronger incentives for overuse of advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, higher administrative

Links for 05-20-2013

posted to Economist's View on Mon 20th May 13

Department of "WTF?!?!": Education Gap Weblogging - Brad DeLongAmericas future early education system - Consider the EvidenceIs there a stock-market bubble? - James SurowieckiRedeeming Bangladesh - EconomixEuropeans' Biggest Problem - Carola BinderThe
'Can We Get Wages Rising?'

posted to Economist's View on Thu 18th Apr 13

Lane Kenworthy versus Jared Bernstein:Can we get wages rising?, by Lane Kenworthy: In the United States, wages for people in middle-paying jobs and below have been flat for more than three decades. This has gone on for so long now that we should see it
'Economic Research vs. the Blogosphere'

posted to Economist's View on Thu 4th Oct 12

One more quick one. Acemoglu and Robinson respond to a recent post that appeared here (and posts by others too, their point three responds to my comments): Economic Research vs. the Blogosphere: Our new working paper, co-authored with Thierry Verdier,