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Best Interview Ever

posted to Growthology on Wed 8th Sep 10

It's got communism. It's got dolphins. It's got humor. And it's pithy. Kudos to Goldberg for the interview with Fidel Castro.
An Honest Take on Taxes and Small Business

posted to Growthology on Fri 3rd Sep 10

In 2004, William Gale penned a one-page piece for TaxNotes arguing, "Roughly 97 percent of small businesses would not be affected at all by increases in the top two tax rates."That line has been repeated frequently in light of the upcoming expiration of high-bracket
Commen Sense Policies for Jobs, UI edition (again)

posted to Growthology on Mon 30th Aug 10

Robert Barro rides my hobby horse in this WSJ op-ed about the flawed incentive of the unemployment insurance system. The peak unemployment rate of 10.1% in October 2009 corresponded to a mean duration of unemployment of 27.2 weeks and a share of long-term unemployment

Blogger questions from the KEO Q2

posted to Growthology on Thu 6th May 10

Five bloggers submitted their own questions to this quarter's Kauffman Economic Outlook, which I think turned out very well and will want to continue. Here are the results, and I'll withhold comment for now. Others are welcome to copy and repost individual
2010 Econ Bloggers Forum

posted to Growthology on Wed 17th Mar 10

This Friday, the Kaufman Foundation will be hosting the second annual Economics Bloggers Forum. The substantive agenda is (times are central daylight time):8:30 a.m. Welcome by Tim Kane8:45 a.m. Keynote Speech by David
Econ Bloggers' Consensus is Grim

posted to Growthology on Thu 5th Aug 10

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. But why stop with one picture? The Kauffman Foundations Q3 of economics bloggers wasjust released, and uncertainty rules the mood, literally.Here some of the best charts. First, I composed this word cloud

Friday links: behaving badly

posted to Abnormal Returns on Fri 6th Aug 10

Wheat prices are surging. The fallout. (FT, FT Alphaville, Zero Hedge, Money Game, Market Blog)Wheat is a notable standout in a faltering commodity sector. (Lex)Another reason to like large caps: earnings beats. (Bespoke)July hedge fund returns. (Reuters, EconomPic
The latest Kauffman poll of economic bloggers

posted to Midas Oracle .ORG on Fri 6th Aug 10

- “Grim”.- “Pessimism”.Midas Oracle = About + Archives + Authors + Best + Contact + Information Technology + Links + Probabilistic Predictions + Post-Mortem Predictions + Prediction Exchanges + Prediction Software + Publish Your Post
Wednesday links: going for gold

posted to Abnormal Returns on Wed 12th May 10

Gold hits an all-time high. (FT also FT Alphaville, EconomPic Data, Felix Salmon)Individual investors should quit their moaning. Times have never been better. (Kid Dynamite also Market Blog)Ten reasons to buy bonds. (market folly)Some technical reasons for