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Published |
Headline |
Keywords |
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01/14/10 |
The Central
Bank does not exist to make a profit |
Ben Bernanke, central bank, Federal Reserve |
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01/10/10 |
Financial
crises reflect political woes |
Ben Bernanke, China, Federal Reserve, Alan
Greenspan, history |
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01/07/10 |
China will
face some bumps on road to economic dominance |
China, economic growth |
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01/03/10 |
2010 bound
to be significant to economy |
history, real economy |
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12/31/09 |
It's the
GOP's turn to flip-flop on health care |
health policy, Medicare, Obama Administration,
politics |
|
12/27/09 |
Past decade
could belong to old era or new |
Alan Greenspan, history |
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12/24/09 |
Cost-benefit
analysis can apply to justice, too |
Supreme Court |
|
12/20/09 |
Economists
can nudge the ship of history |
history, John Maynard Keynes |
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12/17/09 |
Bankers'
reluctance to make loans is understandable: Defaults |
banking, John Maynard Keynes, Obama Administration |
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12/13/09 |
Don't expect
too much from climate talks |
environment, politics |
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12/10/09 |
State
revenue crunch makes Vikings stadium subsidy seem less of a priority
|
budget deficit, sports |
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12/06/09 |
In trade dispute, China more wrong than U.S. |
China, farm subsidies, international trade, Obama
Administration, tariffs |
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12/03/09 |
Shades of gray dominate Black Friday forecasts |
retail markets |
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11/29/09 |
Bailouts imperfect, but beat the alternative |
bailout, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Alan
Greenspan |
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11/26/09 |
It's a day
for giving thanks--and taking stock |
Thanksgiving |
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11/22/09 |
Even when
it's personal, someone decides the cost |
health policy, insurance industry, opportunity
cost |
|
11/19/09 |
AIG bailout
critics need to consider the panic factor |
bailout, Federal Reserve |
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11/15/09 |
Price
discrimination: Free market at work |
elasticity of demand, insurance industry, price
discrimination |
|
11/12/09 |
A true
supply-side candidate is a rare commodity |
John Maynard Keynes, Pawlenty Administration,
politics, recession, supply-side economics |
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11/08/09 |
Much-needed
middlemen must be managed |
banking |
|
11/05/09 |
Low interest
hurting retirement accounts |
Federal Reserve, retirement, stock markets |
|
11/01/09 |
Costs of
"going green" are subject to diminishing returns |
diminishing marginal returns, environment,
trade-offs |
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10/29/09 |
What, us
worry? Financial folly tales |
bailout, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff |
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10/25/09 |
Jobless and
not looking? They're not counting you |
economic data, unemployment |
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10/22/09 |
One-size-fits-all subsidies ultimately harm an industry |
dairy policy, farm subsidies |
|
10/18/09 |
Effects of
stimulus aren't in hard numbers |
Obama administration, recession, stimulus,
unemployment |
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10/15/09 |
Ostrom a
solid choice for economics Nobel |
common property, environment, Nobel Prize, Elinor
Ostrom, Oliver Williamson |
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10/11/09 |
GDP a fine
indicator, if you know what it measures |
GDP, Nobel Prize, Amartya Sen, James Tobin |
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10/08/09 |
Less than
the truth is sometimes the lesser evil |
bailout, banking, Bush administration |
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10/04/09 |
Politicizing
the health care debate serves no one |
health policy, Obama administration, politics,
World War I |
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10/01/09 |
In the end,
customers will pay revved FDIC premiums |
banking |
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09/27/09 |
Searching
for consensus on bailout aftermath |
bailout, banking |
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09/24/09 |
Team of
solid economic advisors would boost Pawlenty |
Campaign 2012, Pawlenty Administration, politics |
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09/20/09 |
Lehman--or
somebody else--had to fail |
bailout, Federal Reserve
|
|
09/17/09 |
Voters--and
politicians--need to forget pledges |
Bush Administration, Pawlenty Administration,
politics, taxes |
|
09/13/09 |
Social
Security's "payback" better than many think |
health care reform, Medicare, Social Security |
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09/10/09 |
The "paradox
of thrift" will hut now--but help later |
Federal Reserve, John Maynard Keynes, paradox of
thrift |
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09/06/09 |
Bogged down
by a sense of entitlement |
entitlement, health care reform, Social Security |
|
09/03/09 |
Federal
Reserve profits on bailout funds no mystery |
bailout, central bank, Federal Reserve |
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08/30/09 |
(no column) |
|
|
08/27/09 |
Even when
cash isn't involved, "opportunity cost" crucial |
Afghanistan,
Bush Administration, opportunity cost, World War I |
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08/23/09 |
Economics
can put consumers in a real pickle |
efficiency, elasticity of demand, marginal cost
pricing |
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08/20/09 |
Varied views
of work, fun are an economic benefit |
productivity |
|
08/16/09 |
Lighter
justice for the rich is damaging |
crime, Enron, Bernard Madoff |
|
08/13/09 |
Dropping
birth rate has economic consequences |
Baby Boom, economic data, Great Depression,
population change |
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08/09/09 |
Political
parties don't define Keynesians |
inflation, John Maynard Keynes, politics,
recession |
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08/06/09 |
Bernanke
should pack baggage, let Yellen run Fed |
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Great Depression,
Obama Administration, Janet Yellen |
|
08/02/09 |
Unregulated,
lots of good ideas go off the rails |
banking, globalization, military spending |
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07/30/09 |
In health
care debate, EU statistic is dead on arrival |
economic data, European Union, health care reform,
Obama Administration |
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07/26/09 |
Don't trust
Bernanke's soothing words |
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve |
|
07/23/09 |
Something
for nothing? It's highly unlikely |
health care reform, Obama Administration, Pareto
optimality |
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07/19/09 |
Changing
structure of dairying only prolongs sector's agony |
dairy policy |
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07/16/09 |
Limit bank
size and you limit financial blowups |
banking, economies of scale |
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07/12/09 |
Credit
McNamara for the way we operate |
Robert McNamara |
|
07/09/09 |
Oil
speculators fill niche, but controls sound |
Commodity Trading Futures Commission (CTFC), oil
industry, oil prices |
|
07/05/09 |
Afghan
development a tough task |
Afghanistan, military spending, Obama
Administration, World Bank |
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07/02/09 |
Rumor of
Great Lakes raiding doesn't hold water |
environment |
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06/28/09 |
Kicking the
tires on "cash for clunkers" |
auto industry, environment, incentives, John
Maynard Keynes, Obama Administration |
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06/25/09 |
Flawed logic
led to flawed banking regulation |
banking, fallacy of composition, Federal Reserve,
Obama Administration |
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06/21/09 |
Overlapping
financial regulators are out of date |
banking, Federal Reserve, Alexander Hamilton,
Obama Administration, SEC |
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06/18/09 |
Those on the
left and right need to keep it real |
Great Depression, Obama Administration, stimulus |
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06/14/09 |
Mayo wants
its way, and for you to pay |
Ronald Coase, railroad, transportation |
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06/11/09 |
Problems
like Opus' show we have a long way to go |
recession |
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06/07/09 |
Investors
should flex muscle on exec pay |
compensation |
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06/04/09 |
Bubbling
over with optimism |
transportation |
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05/31/09 |
New credit
card rules come with a cost |
banking |
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05/28/09 |
Economists,
like jurists, are swayed by more than facts |
Milton Friedman, Obama Administration, Supreme
Court |
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05/24/09 |
For good
policy, Fed execs needs to 'fess up |
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, FOMC, Alan
Greenspan |
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05/21/09 |
Not all sin
taxes are equal in benefits to society |
efficiency, Arthur Pigou, taxation |
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05/17/09 |
Leaders need
incentives to do good |
budget deficit, Leo Hurwicz, Pawlenty
Administration, politics, principal-agent problem |
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05/14/09 |
Economic
downturn affects savings at all levels |
Japan, recession, retirement, Social Security |
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05/10/09 |
Kazakh
crisis should chill credit swaps |
credit default swap |
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05/07/09 |
Over time,
parties have made u-turns on trade tariffs |
Sen. Michele Bachmann, politics, Smoot-Hawley Act,
tariffs |
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05/03/09 |
Is big the
new bad? We can't seem to decide |
airline industry, auto industry, bailout, banking |
|
04/30/09 |
Industry
leaders prove mediocre in government |
Obama administration |
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04/26/09 |
The GOP
should consider cap and trade |
Sen. Michele Bachmann, environment, global
warming, politics |
|
04/23/09 |
Both Obama
administration and tax protesters are dangerously cynical and delusional |
budget deficit, Obama administration, taxation,
Tea Party |
|
04/19/09 |
Government
needs to catch up to the times |
budget deficit, Pawlenty administration, public
employees |
|
04/16/09 |
Several
factors drive drop in consumer spending |
recession, unemployment |
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04/12/09 |
Recent rally
is good news, but not proof of a recovery |
Great Depression, economic data, recession, stock
markets, unemployment |
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04/09/09 |
Colleges,
defense contractors face high fixed costs |
cost of business |
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04/05/09 |
Defining
recessions, crises and bubbles |
data, GDP, recession |
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04/02/09 |
Plenty of
smaller, healthy banks avoided giants' missteps |
banking |
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03/29/09 |
World
currency flap hides deeper troubles |
China, exchange rates, Federal Reserve, Obama
Administration |
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03/26/09 |
It's a
century later, but the financial crisis is the same |
banking, Federal Reserve, globalization, IMF |
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03/22/09 |
Plan could
help local housing prices stabilize |
housing |
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03/19/09 |
Give Fed
powers to stop bonus blowup |
bailout, Federal Reserve |
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03/15/09 |
Mining's
"external costs" hard to calculate |
Ronald Coase, environment, external costs |
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03/12/09 |
In breeding,
as in investment, select carefully |
incentives |
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03/08/09 |
State is
ducking long-term look at budget |
budget deficit, Pawlenty Administration |
|
03/05/09 |
More focus
on Fed governors can only be good think |
Bush Administration, Federal Reserve, Obama
Administration |
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03/01/09 |
State's
diverse economy will ride out storm |
Federal Reserve, recession |
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02/26/09 |
Good
information crucial to competition |
insurance industry, market economy |
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02/22/09 |
City's red
tape ties up blighted homes |
housing, public good |
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02/19/09 |
GOP late to
the party in condemning deficit spending |
Bush Administration, deficit spending, national
debt, Obama Administration |
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02/15/09 |
Greenspan's
poor excuses are laughable |
Federal Reserve, Milton Friedman, Alan Greenspan,
SEC, taxes, unemployment |
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02/12/09 |
Stimulus
tweaks: We're laughing to keep from crying |
fungible, stimulus |
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02/08/09 |
A strategic
dilemma for organic farmers |
inelastic demand |
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02/05/09 |
View of
market losses affect saving, spending |
retirement |
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02/01/09 |
Stimulus
needed, however it's spent |
John Maynard Keynes, Obama Administration,
stimulus |
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01/29/09 |
Murky
property rights led to Newport levee mess |
Ronald Coase, property rights |
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01/25/09 |
China, U.S.
need to change bad habits |
China |
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01/22/09 |
U.S. not
entirely at fault for global bubble hangover |
globalization, recession |
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01/18/09 |
Bigger
financial firm? Often it's not better |
economies of scale |
|
01/15/09 |
Swindles go
hand-in-hand with bubbles |
Bernard Madoff, Ponzi scheme |
|
01/11/09 |
Armed forces
need a better pay structure |
military pay |
|
01/08/09 |
Stimulus
could "crowd in" private sector spending |
Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Obama
Administration, stimulus |
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01/04/09 |
Will crisis
spur leap in economics theory? |
Federal Reserve, Great Depression, Nobel Prize |
|
01/01/09 |
Rebalancing
economy takes time |
balance of payments, Nobel Prize, recession |
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12/28/08 |
Be realistic
about tracking bailout money |
bailout, fungible |
|
12/25/08 |
Price swings
bounce "inelastic" commodities |
elasticity of demand |
|
12/21/08 |
Emotion
clouds tax policy debates |
retirement, taxation |
|
12/18/08 |
Only winner
in Madoff's scheme: Behavioral economics |
bailout, efficiency, irrational exuberance,
Bernard Madoff, Ponzi scheme |
|
12/14/08 |
Balanced
budgets can be counterproductive |
budget deficit |
|
12/11/08 |
Erratic Fed
funds rate has either been abandoned by policymakers or is an impotent tool |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
12/07/08 |
Big, bold
change unlikely for Detroit's Big 3 |
auto industry, bailout |
|
12/04/08 |
When in
doubt, dump |
retail markets, sunk costs |
|
11/30/08 |
Stronger
dollar is welcome news...for some |
exchange rates |
|
11/27/08 |
In hard
times, less is more |
Thanksgiving, unemployment |
|
11/23/08 |
This one
unlikely to be an "average" recession |
Great Depression, recession |
|
11/20/08 |
Media miss
interest rate-money supply link |
money supply, Federal Reserve |
|
11/16/08 |
Revisit
those rosy memories of presidential finances |
budget deficit, budget surplus, Clinton
Administration, economic data, Social Security |
|
11/13/08 |
Companies
line up to board Uncle Sam's bailout train |
auto industry, bailout |
|
11/09/08 |
Crisis would
be Minsky's moment |
Great Depression, irrational exuberance, Hyman
Minsky |
|
11/06/08 |
U.S.
hypocrisy shouldn't tar sound economic policies |
IMF, Washington Consensus, World Bank |
|
11/02/08 |
Taxes higher
or lower? No easy answer |
Obama Administration, taxes |
|
10/30/08 |
Clinton,
Bush policies fueled foreclosure crisis |
bailout, Bush Administration, Clinton
Administration |
|
10/26/08 |
Let's hope
President McCain addresses that FICA inequity |
Campaign 2008, Social Security |
|
10/23/08 |
Bachman
spins myths about CRA |
Sen. Michele Bachmann, Campaign 2008, Community
Reinvestment Act |
|
10/19/08 |
"Columbian
exchange still benefits us |
Columbian exchange |
|
10/16/08 |
"Money
economy" obscures underlying values |
real economy |
|
10/12/08 |
Your turn,
healthy regional investment banks |
banking, investments |
|
10/09/08 |
In desperate
times, Fed takes desperate measures |
commercial paper, Federal Reserve |
|
10/05/08 |
How bad
loans translated to big problems |
hedge fund, Henry Paulson |
|
10/02/08 |
Bailout no
cure for bad debt, but it will help economy |
bailout |
|
09/28/08 |
Recession
risk isn't "if," it's when--maybe now |
recession |
|
09/25/08 |
Good
questions, and some answers, on bailout |
bailout, Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson, Federal
Reserve |
|
09/21/08 |
Plenty to
blame for ignored warnings |
Federal Reserve |
|
09/18/08 |
Snap
judgments decide who's "too big to fail" |
bailout, Federal Reserve |
|
09/14/08 |
When to
hold, when to fold on house |
housing |
|
09/11/08 |
Do OPEC
pricing claims defy Econ 101? Maybe not |
oil prices, OPEC, supply and demand |
|
09/07/08 |
Who's
retired? Definition makes a difference |
Baby Boom, retirement, Social Security |
|
09/04/08 |
Intraparty
squabbles can bring positive results |
Campaign 2008, politics, World War II |
|
08/31/08 |
"Time
release" initiatives a shell game |
Bush Administration, Campaign 2008, taxes |
|
08/28/08 |
Internet's
true impact is a long way off |
Alan Greenspan, information, Internet,
productivity, Solow's paradox, Robert Solow |
|
08/24/08 |
Fannie,
Freddie should be sold off |
bailout, banking, Bush Administration, Federal Reserve |
|
08/21/08 |
Tough to
learn right lessons from mistake |
Great Depression, Iraq war, recession, Paul
Volcker |
|
08/19/08 |
Ruttan's
work was a product of Midwestern roots |
Leo Hurwicz, Latin America, poverty, Vern Ruttan,
World War II |
|
08/17/08 |
Copper
production is no goldmine |
environment, supply and demand |
|
08/14/08 |
More
oversight? Really? Let the Fed be the Fed |
bailout, banking, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Alan
Greenspan |
|
08/10/08 |
Deposit
insurance good compromise |
banking industry, moral hazard |
|
08/07/08 |
Bank
closures can be seamless |
banking industry |
|
08/03/08 |
Taxes have a
place in economic policy |
Campaign 2008, deficit spending, Medicare, Social
Security, taxes |
|
07/31/08 |
Data vital
to health care reform |
health policy, information, Pawlenty
Administration |
|
07/27/08 |
Personal
accounts, social insecurity |
Campaign 2008, retirement, Social Security, stock
markets |
|
07/24/08 |
Why don't we
auction off public assets? Politics |
Canada, politics, public utilities |
|
07/20/08 |
Transit fare
hike may be the best in the short run |
oil prices, public transit, trade-offs,
transportation |
|
07/17/08 |
Mortgage
giants need some home improvements |
Federal Reserve, housing |
|
07/13/08 |
After abuses
or laxness, regulation returns |
bailout, SEC, stock markets |
|
07/10/08 |
Reaction to
Fed's lending reins a matter of politics |
housing, politics |
|
07/06/08 |
Favors are
subtle forms of "rent seeking" |
politics, rent seeking |
|
07/03/08 |
At the Fed,
President appoints, Senate disappoints |
bailout, Federal Reserve, FOMC, politics |
|
06/29/08 |
Expecting
price swings? They'll come |
housing, oil prices |
|
06/26/08 |
Global
market reality trumps gas price fantasy |
globalization, oil industry, oil prices |
|
06/22/08 |
Brush up on
math to grasp economy |
economic data |
|
06/19/08 |
Weighing the
tradeoffs of off-shore drilling |
Bush Administration, environment, oil industry,
oil prices, politics, supply and demand, tradeoffs |
|
06/15/08 |
Fair is fair
in unemployment benefits |
Bush Administration, Campaign 2008, equity,
horizontal equity, politics, unemployment, vertical equity |
|
06/12/08 |
Understanding the futures markets |
futures markets |
|
06/08/08 |
Social
Security needs new incentives |
incentives, labor markets, retirement, Social
Security |
|
06/05/08 |
High
commodity prices revive argument over what's best for poor nations |
Africa, international trade, Latin America, |
|
06/01/08 |
In price
cycles, some bound to feel squeezed |
housing, inflation, oil prices, Leon Walrus |
|
05/29/08 |
U.S. gave
the world model for agricultural research |
Brazil, farm policy, globalization |
|
05/25/08 |
Sometimes,
our money illusions are shocking |
inflation |
|
05/22/08 |
Only time
will tell if commodities riding a bubble |
derivatives, futures markets |
|
05/18/08 |
Equity
spending couldn't last forever |
Alan Greenspan, housing |
|
05/15/08 |
Default
swaps carry uncertain risks |
bonds, credit default swap |
|
05/11/08 |
Loan supply
won't create demand |
Federal Reserve, supply and demand |
|
05/08/08 |
Politicians
see letters from economists as junk mail |
Bush Administration, Campaign 2008, Great
Depression, oil prices, politics, Smoot-Hawley Act |
|
05/04/08 |
Rate cuts
help borrowers, hurt savers |
Federal Reserve, inflation |
|
05/01/08 |
Investor
distaste for prepaid mortgages led to crisis |
bonds, Great Depression, housing |
|
04/27/08 |
Surging
food, fuel prices cloud inflation picture |
Consumer Price Index, economic data, inflation,
oil prices |
|
04/24/08 |
Those who
fail to read fine print shouldn't cry foul |
bonds |
|
04/20/08 |
Some losses
are truly immeasurable |
Africa, productivity, Thanksgiving |
|
04/17/08 |
Wastes of
taxpayer moneys shows our values are off-kilter |
disaster relief, farm policy, public financing,
reverse RoHo, tax increment financing |
|
04/13/08 |
Recession's
pain isn't evenly spread |
economic data, elasticity of demand, recession,
unemployment |
|
04/10/08 |
When
Greenspan opens his mouth, critics chew him up |
Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, housing,
recession |
|
04/06/08 |
For a lesson
in economics, talk to a farmer |
supply and demand, USDA |
|
04/03/08 |
Financial
reforms include good, bad and ugly |
Bush Administration, Federal Reserve, politics,
recession |
|
03/30/08 |
How to
decide who is paid for victimization |
crime, economies of scale |
|
03/27/08 |
Tax reform
always under pressure from special interests |
politics, taxes |
|
03/23/08 |
Bush'
cheerleading silly but understandable |
Bush Administration, Federal Reserve, politics,
recession |
|
03/20/08 |
History
shows wide-ranging reasons for recessions |
Federal Reserve, history, housing, Japan,
recession, stock markets, Paul Volcker |
|
03/16/08 |
Politics
always a factor in defense industry |
defense spending, politics |
|
03/13/08 |
Is Fed
throwing good T-bills after bad mortgage debt? |
Federal Reserve, housing |
|
03/09/08 |
Wall
Street's herds moving on to new troughs |
stock markets |
|
03/06/08 |
Lenders hold
key to mortgage trap |
Ben Bernanke, fallacy of composition, game theory,
housing
|
|
03/02/08 |
Gas tax is
our best option--for now |
oil industry, oil prices, Pawlenty administration,
taxation, taxes, transportation |
|
02/28/08 |
Saving key
to real recovery |
budget deficit, recession |
|
02/24/08 |
Merger talks
should raise antitrust flags |
airline industry, antitrust, Bush Administration,
monopoly |
|
02/21/08 |
Placing bets
on commodities boom |
ethanol, sunk costs, supply and demand |
|
02/17/08 |
Subprime may
be the least of it |
housing |
|
02/14/08 |
Muni-bond
insurers latest to feel sting of risk |
bonds, monoline insurer, risk, |
|
02/10/08 |
Lessons of
the great inflation |
Federal Reserve, Great Depression, inflation,
Allan Metzler |
|
02/07/08 |
Farm, mine
sectors pack less punch |
land prices |
|
02/03/08 |
Boosting
local tax deductible a bad idea |
housing, real estate taxes, taxation, taxes |
|
01/31/08 |
To spree, or
not to spree |
Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes,
Franco Modigliani, David Ricardo, taxes |
|
01/27/08 |
Cents and
sensibility in marriage |
Jane Austen |
|
01/24/08 |
Cure the
disease, not just the symptoms |
Bush Administration, economic growth, Japan |
|
01/20/08 |
Recession is
an "unknown unknown" |
recession |
|
01/17/08 |
(no column) |
|
|
01/13/08 |
Data show
rich indeed get richer |
China, exchange rates, purchasing power parity,
World Bank |
|
01/10/08 |
On this
monopoly board, railroads are winning |
monopoly, railroad |
|
01/06/08 |
Exchange
seats go for big money |
David Ricardo, wind power |
|
01/03/08 |
Home values
linked to commuting costs |
housing, transportation |
|
12/30/07 |
Signs of the
real economy are everywhere |
real economy, recession |
|
12/27/07 |
Only few
economists get a voice |
Federal Reserve |
|
12/23/07 |
Helicopter Ben had it right |
Ben Bernanke, central
bank, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, money supply |
|
12/20/07 |
Price hike blame game hard to play |
ethanol |
|
12/16/07 |
China manipulates itself into a corner |
China, exchange rates |
|
12/13/07 |
Higher prices spur oil, copper producers
into action |
Brazil, oil industry,
oil prices |
|
12/09/07 |
Push for liquidity neglects history |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
12/06/07 |
Mortgage play may be least bad option |
housing, sub-prime
lending |
|
12/02/07 |
"Greater criminal" gets loose |
crime, housing,
sub-prime lending |
|
11/29/07 |
China trumps U.S. in economic woes |
China |
|
11/25/07 |
At some point no one wants our dollars |
exchange rates |
|
11/22/07 |
Perspective leads to thanks |
poverty, Thanksgiving |
|
11/18/07 |
Export tax can help or hurt |
ag imports & exports,
Argentina, taxes |
|
11/15/07 |
Shocks hit small banks harder |
banking |
|
11/11/07 |
Books put crisis in perspective |
Miton Friedman, John
Kenneth Galbraith, Great Depression |
|
11/08/07 |
Cure for $100 crude? Raise taxes on
big rigs |
oil prices,
taxes, transportation |
|
11/04/07 |
Greenspan hits pitfall in memoir |
Alan Greenspan,
sub-prime lending |
|
11/01/07 |
Leverage becomes enemy when prices fall |
housing, stock markets |
|
10/28/07 |
Know what Fed's job is, then let's do it |
central bank, Federal
Reserve, FOMC, money supply |
|
10/25/07 |
Decision to disclose information can enter gray area |
data, information |
|
10/22/07 |
Bailouts sometimes backfire |
bailout, banking, Michael
Spence |
|
10/18/07 |
Consumers' bold stand may become fast
retreat |
economic data |
|
10/15/07 |
Hurwicz's Nobel shows nice guys can finish
last |
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel
Prize |
|
10/14/07 |
Changing conditions breed invention |
transportation |
|
10/11/07 |
"Nanny" government should simplify savings |
Milton Friedman, Alan
Greenspan, retirement, taxation |
|
10/07/07 |
Traffic and property intertwined |
Ronald Coase, property
rights, transportation |
|
10/04/07 |
"Fair" climate policies are foul to poor
countries |
Bush Administration,
China, environment, globalization |
|
09/30/07 |
Inflation does not create itself |
Argentina, central
bank, inflation |
|
09/27/07 |
How a tractor helped win WWII |
productivity, World
War II |
|
09/23/07 |
Bush can't be Keynesian supply-sider |
Bush Administration,
John Maynard Keynes, supply-side economics |
|
09/20/07 |
Beauty should be built into new I-35W bridge |
trade-offs,
transportation |
|
09/16/07 |
Few seem to know, care that inflation is a
tax |
Federal Reserve, FOMC,
Milton Friedman, inflation, taxation |
|
09/13/07 |
Reaping econ lesson from wheat prices |
elasticity of demand,
exogenous shock |
|
09/09/07 |
Public good is also good for business |
public good |
|
09/06/07 |
Flood insurance can be muddy issue |
disaster relief,
insurance industry, moral hazard |
|
09/02/07 |
Housing price expectations as strong on the
way down |
demand shift, housing |
|
08/30/07 |
Over time data can prove unreliable |
data, economic data |
|
08/26/07 |
Carelessness can hurt any industry |
risk |
|
08/23/07 |
Fed's actions are solely up to Bernanke |
Ben Bernanke, Federal
Reserve, FOMC |
|
08/19/07 |
Creating money with a few keystrokes |
money supply, Federal
Reserve |
|
08/16/07 |
Public spending suffers for poor accounting |
taxation,
transportation |
|
08/12/07 |
Tight credit not a cause for worry |
Federal Reserve |
|
08/09/07 |
Safety first...but check the budget |
Pawlenty
administration, risk, transportation |
|
08/05/07 |
Higher mileage standards aren't enough |
auto industry,
environment, oil industry, politics |
|
08/02/07 |
Disaster aid, and where it ends, is never
simple |
disaster relief,
Hurricane Katrina, moral hazard, politics |
|
07/29/07 |
Loan bailouts would be bad public policy |
bailout, banking, housing |
|
07/26/07 |
What is government's role in public safety? |
lawsuits |
|
07/22/07 |
Dollar's slide affects more than tourists |
euro, exchange rates |
|
07/19/07 |
Poverty trumps safe travel in poor nations |
Brazil, Bush
administration, environment, poverty, transportation |
|
07/15/07 |
"Death taxes" debate needs some clarity |
estate taxes, taxes |
|
07/12/07 |
Thievery rises along with metal prices |
supply and demand |
|
07/08/07 |
Food-stamp stunt obscures broader issues |
politics, poverty |
|
07/05/07 |
Decentralized Fed is best |
Federal Reserve |
|
07/01/07 |
Monopoly status isn't everything |
William Baumol,
contestable market, monopoly |
|
06/28/07 |
GDP data easily misunderstood |
economic data, GDP,
international trade |
|
06/24/07 |
Human quirks throw wrenches into theories |
rational expectations |
|
06/21/07 |
Be careful what you wish for |
China, inflation, Paul
Volcker |
|
06/17/07 |
Ignore inane trade-balance rhetoric |
auto industry,
Campaign 2008, international trade, trade deficit |
|
06/14/07 |
Farm subsidy database is only part of the
story |
farm policy, farm
subsidies |
|
06/10/07 |
Be judicious in applying housing data |
Consumer Price Index,
economic data, housing |
|
06/07/07 |
Bush has missed lessons of history |
Bush Administration,
history, Robert Hormats, Iraq war |
|
06/03/07 |
Markets outdo social engineers |
market economy |
|
05/31/07 |
Pope's "third way" is elusive |
mercantilism,
politics, poverty, South America |
|
05/27/07 |
Port bond fund shows limits of government |
bonds |
|
05/24/07 |
Don't expect too much from immigration
legislation |
immigration, politics |
|
05/20/07 |
Klobuchar carbon bill is a sound step |
environment, global
warming, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, politics |
|
05/17/07 |
Consumers don't need a nanny |
politics |
|
05/13/07 |
Consumer prices aren't whole story |
Consumer Price Index,
economic data |
|
05/10/07 |
Gas prices defy easy explanation |
elasticity of demand,
oil industry, oil prices, supply and demand |
|
05/06/07 |
CEO pay votes could correct market failure |
CEO compensation |
|
05/03/07 |
Both private sector, government "create
wealth" |
public good, real
estate taxes, taxation |
|
04/29/07 |
The "not so great" often make history |
history |
|
04/26/07 |
We can't ignore taxes...or dirty bathrooms |
politics, taxation |
|
04/22/07 |
Easy trade-offs are hard to come by |
opportunity cost,
risk, trade-offs |
|
04/19/07 |
Principal-agent problem plagues U.S. in Iraq |
Iraq war, politics,
principal-agent problem |
|
04/15/07 |
Absolute or relative numbers? It
depends |
economic data,
information |
|
04/12/07 |
Tax fairness is in the eye of the beholder |
efficiency, equity,
taxation |
|
04/08/07 |
Colleges should unplug effort to limit
electricians |
Adam Smith, unions |
|
04/05/07 |
States can't alter slowdowns |
John Maynard Keynes,
politics, supply-side economics |
|
04/01/07 |
Want to help environment? Shut up and
do something |
Bush Administration,
environment, European Union, Kyoto Protocol, Pawlenty Administration |
|
03/29/07 |
Fantasies won't clean up the junk |
environment, external
costs, transaction cost, taxation |
|
03/25/07 |
Don't repeat mistakes on Gulf Coast |
environment, Hurricane
Katrina, insurance industry |
|
03/22/07 |
Let's stop and think before regulating |
external costs, Milton
Friedman |
|
03/18/07 |
Market drives excess cows and cubicles |
supply and demand |
|
03/15/07 |
Underlying ills intensify subprime peril |
housing, pension funds |
|
03/11/07 |
"Carry trade" carries risk for investors |
carry trade, exchange
rates |
|
03/08/07 |
Taxing groceries overtaxes the poor |
poverty, taxes |
|
03/04/07 |
Want to cut government? OK, where? |
federal budget,
politics |
|
03/01/07 |
Occasional market storms inevitable |
China, stock markets |
|
02/25/07 |
Petrodollar recycling is still a challenge |
oil industry, oil
prices |
|
02/22/07 |
Should we pay for roads now or hand bill to
our kids? |
bonds, Pawlenty
administration, transportation |
|
02/18/07 |
Drug policies prop up the profits in dope |
Afghanistan, South
America, supply and demand |
|
02/15/07 |
Ignoring past costs often leads to a
brighter future |
Iraq war, sunk costs |
|
02/11/07 |
Human nature can make a mess of trash policy |
public utility |
|
02/08/07 |
Mounting debt defies theories |
Bush administration,
Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, national debt, rational expectations |
|
02/04/07 |
Bush health plan deserves consideration |
Bush administration,
health policy, taxation |
|
02/01/07 |
A "tax exemption" is just a bribe |
Milton Friedman,
Pawlenty administration, taxation |
|
01/28/07 |
Don't blame ethanol for costly tortillas |
economic data, ethanol |
|
01/25/07 |
Bush misses chance to be true conservative |
Bush administration,
environment |
|
01/21/07 |
Western ideas don't always translate well |
Bush administration,
globalization, Ferdinand Tonnies |
|
01/18/07 |
Comprehensive forecasts impossible |
ethanol, wind
power |
|
01/14/07 |
How should nation rule on judges' pay? |
compensation,
judiciary |
|
01/11/07 |
Aid military members who need it most |
military spending,
Pawlenty Administration, pension funds |
|
01/07/07 |
Society willing to tolerate highway risks |
transportation |
|
01/04/07 |
Deficit spending is seductive |
deficit spending,
federal budget, Milton Friedman, politics, David Ricardo, taxation |
|
12/31/06 |
Will new year bring same old Congress? |
politics |
|
12/28/06 |
Weighing the costs of justice |
crime, immigration |
|
12/24/06 |
Word choice can illuminate or befuddle |
balance of payments,
foreign trade, GATT |
|
12/21/06 |
Food scares revive economic debate |
Ronald Coase, Milton
Frieman |
|
12/17/06 |
Fed shouldn't rush to cut rate in 2007 |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
12/14/06 |
Immigration reform complex |
immigration |
|
12/10/06 |
Politics can scuttle Fed's mission |
Burton Abrams, Federal
Reserve, Milton Friedman, money supply, politics |
|
12/07/06 |
Price laws are useless relics of New Deal |
Milton Friedman,
pharmaceuticals, price fixing |
|
12/03/06 |
Money only buys so much happiness |
Daniel Kahneman,
poverty |
|
11/30/06 |
How cost-efficient is NATO? |
defense spending, NATO |
|
11/26/06 |
Treasury cashes in on collected coins |
Federal Reserve,
seignorage |
|
11/23/06 |
Time to give thanks for immigrants |
Milton Friedman,
immigration, Thanksgiving |
|
11/19/06 |
Policy stymied by politics in U.S., China |
China, national debt |
|
11/16/06 |
Is drug-cost bargaining sound policy? |
Medicare,
pharmaceuticals, rent-seeking, Social Security |
|
11/12/06 |
It's hard to put a lid on buyers'
expectations |
housing, inflation |
|
11/09/06 |
Can divided power yield coherent power? |
Campaign 2006,
politics |
|
11/05/06 |
"Demand shifters" hurt newspapers |
demand shift,
information |
|
11/02/06 |
Neither Senate hopeful has grasp of
economics |
Campaign 2006, Sen.
Amy Klobuchar, politics, Social Security |
|
10/29/06 |
How much are we entitled to? |
Social Security |
|
10/26/06 |
It's time for truth in property taxation |
fallacy of
composition, politics, real estate taxes, taxation |
|
10/22/06 |
UnitedHealth board typical in its inaction |
principal-agent
problem |
|
10/19/06 |
Corruption affects economy in big, little
ways |
Brazil, corruption,
politics |
|
10/15/06 |
Lumber-aid ideas revive old debate |
natural resources
management, unemployment |
|
10/12/06 |
Nobel laureate revitalized Keynesian theory |
John Maynard Keynes,
Nobel Prize, Edmund Phelps, rational expectations, Adam Smith |
|
10/08/06 |
Government's net worth hard to figure |
national debt |
|
10/05/06 |
Fed policy sent stocks, real estate soaring |
Federal Reserve,
Irving Fisher, housing, stock markets |
|
10/01/06 |
Voters just don't care about the budget |
federal budget |
|
09/28/06 |
Savvy investors know hedge funds don't |
hedge funds,
investments |
|
09/24/06 |
Alcohol tax makes sense, up to a point |
elasticity of demand,
taxation |
|
09/21/06 |
Disability insurance strains budgets |
Disability and
survivors' benefits, Social Security |
|
09/17/06 |
U.S. economy isn't mobilized for terror war |
Afghanistan, defense
spending, terrorist attacks |
|
09/14/06 |
Blue Cross proposal spurs healthy debate |
health policy,
insurance industry, politics |
|
09/10/06 |
Look beyond profits-wages comparison |
economic data |
|
09/07/06 |
Let's put "fixed lump" to rest |
labor markets, Iraq
war |
|
09/03/06 |
Voters need to keep eye on farm bill |
farm policy, farm
subsidies, politics |
|
08/31/06 |
Don't blame interest rates for housing
slowdown |
Federal Reserve,
housing |
|
08/27/06 |
Ethanol, river plans work at cross-purposes |
Army Corps of
Engineers, ethanol, Mississippi River |
|
08/24/06 |
Politicians overstate their effect on
economy |
economic data,
Pawlenty Administration, politics, unemployment |
|
08/20/06 |
Health care taxes are bad economics |
Bush Administration,
health policy, Medicaid, taxation |
|
08/17/06 |
ABCs of the PPI and CPI |
Consumer Price Index,
economic data |
|
08/13/06 |
How to reduce use of energy? Tax it |
energy policy,
environment, Mike Hatch, oil industry, Pawlenty Administration, politics,
taxation |
|
08/10/06 |
Tempering news about short pause |
China, Federal
Reserve, FOMC, oil prices |
|
08/06/06 |
There is no universal fix to global
pollution |
environment |
|
08/03/06 |
Market jitters underscore a stormy horizon |
economic data, Henry
Paulson, stock markets |
|
07/30/06 |
Beware of flawed logic in tax debate |
Bush Administration,
post-hoc fallacy, taxes |
|
07/27/06 |
Can there be too much information? |
Mike Hatch,
information, Pawlenty Administration, pharmaceuticals, politics |
|
07/23/06 |
Mother Nature has final word on crop profits |
inelastic demand |
|
07/20/06 |
Fed is shielded from politicking |
Ben Bernanke, central
bank, Federal Reserve, inflation, stock markets |
|
07/16/06 |
Hard work alone won't yield wealth |
education, poverty,
productivity |
|
07/13/06 |
Drug-plan confusion wastes resources |
information, Medicare,
pharmaceuticals, price discrimination |
|
07/09/06 |
Demand for product has domino effect |
ethanol, foreign
trade, supply and demand |
|
07/06/06 |
Taxi limits hurt poor |
poverty, David
Ricardo, transportation |
|
07/02/06 |
Sometimes, good law is bad economics |
lawsuits |
|
06/29/06 |
Fed needs steady hand on helm |
Ben Bernanke, Federal
Reserve, FOMC |
|
06/25/06 |
Economics, morals both factor into
regulations |
housing |
|
06/18/06 |
Governors can't do much to economy |
Mike Hatch, Pawlenty
Administration, politics |
|
06/15/06 |
Supply-demand effects vary by market |
housing, market
economy, supply and demand |
|
06/11/06 |
Give the CEO a raise? All in favor say
"aye" |
labor markets |
|
06/08/06 |
U.S. college are envy of the world |
education |
|
06/04/06 |
Technology changes what is "tradeable" |
technology |
|
06/01/06 |
A Treasury secretary's lot |
Bush Administration,
Henry Paulson, John Snow, |
|
05/28/06 |
Mixed signals makes Fed's job harder |
economic data, Federal
Reserve, FOMC, inflation, money supply, recession, |
|
05/25/06 |
Capital gains put the "fun" in fungible |
fungible, stock
options |
|
05/21/06 |
Creative highway financing doesn't add up |
transportation |
|
05/18/06 |
As information flows, do does immigration |
immigration,
information |
|
05/14/06 |
Faulty logic often clouds economic policy
debates |
fallacy of composition |
|
05/11/06 |
Pension bills will come due |
baby boom, pension
funds |
|
05/07/06 |
A billion here, a billion there...what does
it all mean? |
Bush Administration,
defense spending |
|
05/04/06 |
Stadium ploy nothing new |
Thomas Schelling,
sports |
|
04/30/06 |
Big projects like light rail can enhance
property value |
David Ricardo,
transportation |
|
04/27/06 |
U.S. can't control oil prices |
Bush administration,
ethanol, oil industry, oil prices |
|
04/23/06 |
Average rates tell true story about taxes |
Medicare, Social
Security, taxes |
|
04/20/06 |
Zoning decisions can never please all
property owners |
zoning |
|
04/16/06 |
Do signs point to inflation? Time will
tell |
China, Milton
Friedman, inflation |
|
04/13/06 |
Globally immigrants go where the work is |
immigration,
incentives |
|
04/09/06 |
Dedicating sales tax is bad public policy |
sales tax |
|
04/06/06 |
Immigration a fact of our democracy |
immigration, Pawlenty
Administration |
|
04/02/06 |
Strike balance with eminent domain laws |
incentives |
|
03/30/06 |
It's time for MAC to stop coddling Northwest |
airline industry,
captive regulator |
|
03/26/06 |
Fed chiefs aren't there to serve presidents |
Federal Reserve, G.
William Miller |
|
03/23/06 |
Pension controversies nothing new |
pension funds |
|
03/19/06 |
Don't judge tax-refund loans too quickly |
taxes |
|
03/16/06 |
Liquor-law report sobering |
externals costs,
monopoly, Pawlenty administration, Arthur Pigou, taxation |
|
03/12/06 |
Jury is out on telecom consolidation |
William Baumol,
monopoly, Qwest, telecommunications |
|
03/09/06 |
U.S. aid has strings attached |
Supreme Court,
tradeoffs |
|
03/05/06 |
R&D can't live on free-market funding alone |
military spending,
public good, Vern Ruttan, technology |
|
03/02/06 |
Fed rookie's financial resume is short |
Bush administration,
Federal Reserve, politics, Kevin Warsh |
|
02/26/06 |
Federal power on trial in pollution case |
environment, Supreme
Court |
|
02/23/06 |
Willing to pay more for day care? Then
you will |
Alfred Marshall,
supply and demand |
|
02/19/06 |
Biofuels are no cure-all for energy needs |
energy policy,
ethanol, oil industry |
|
02/16/06 |
Forget about trade "deficit" |
budget deficit, Bush
administration, China, trade deficit |
|
02/12/06 |
Housing's slow cool-down eases pain |
housing |
|
02/09/06 |
Budget debate degenerates into political
game |
Bush administration,
farm subsidies, politics, Social Security |
|
02/05/06 |
Wherever you go, introspection is valuable |
Brazil, civil service,
health policy, labor markets |
|
02/02/06 |
Bush dodged true energy-policy fix |
Brazil, Bush
administration, energy policy, Arthur Pigou, oil industry |
|
01/29/06 |
Does success spring from effort or luck? |
Brazil, economic
success |
|
01/26/06 |
Look beyond Fed's chairman |
Federal Reserve, Alan
Greenspan |
|
01/22/06 |
Let's lose phone-tax hang-up |
taxation,
telecommunications |
|
01/19/06 |
Tone down ecosystem debate |
Brazil, environment,
resource management |
|
01/15/06 |
Most charity tax breaks don't aid poor |
charities, Hurricane
Katrina, taxes |
|
01/12/06 |
IT empowers regular folks |
Brazil, information,
Internet, technology |
|
01/08/06 |
Some myths about the boomer effect |
baby boom,
productivity |
|
01/05/06 |
Railroad loan challenges Republican identity |
railroad,
transportation |
|
01/01/06 |
Inverted yield curve: Threat or just a
blip? |
yield curve |
|
12/29/05 |
Immigration debate to simplistic |
immigration, labor
markets |
|
12/25/05 |
How feedback can affect retail sales |
retail markets |
|
12/22/05 |
Beyond "Freakonomics" |
Steve Levitt |
|
12/18/05 |
Housing boom bound to run out of steam |
housing |
|
12/15/05 |
Medical advances involve trade-offs |
medical industry,
pharmaceuticals, trade-offs |
|
12/11/05 |
Pork-barrel politics hurt war on terror |
Bush administration,
politics, terrorist attacks |
|
12/08/05 |
Short-term fear derails long-term gain |
ag imports and
exports, Argentina, Brazil, WTO |
|
12/04/05 |
Sometimes, a parliament holds appeal |
Canada, politics |
|
12/03/05 |
Use state money to retrain, not retain |
auto industry |
|
12/01/05 |
Tax surplus stems from business cycle |
budget surplus |
|
11/27/05 |
Bumper crop storage an enviable problem |
resource management |
|
11/24/05 |
Fair pay, and gratitude |
Iraq war, public
employees, Thanksgiving |
|
11/20/05 |
Wal-Mart just wants everyone in same boat |
minimum wage, unions |
|
11/17/05 |
Do trade missions matter? |
mercantilism, trade
mission |
|
11/13/05 |
Credibility is crucial in trade talks |
NAFTA, Nobel Prize,
Thomas Schelling |
|
11/10/05 |
Why subsidize mortgages? |
taxes |
|
11/06/05 |
High court's impact felt in economy |
Supreme Court |
|
11/03/05 |
Tax panel spurs needed debate |
taxes |
|
10/30/05 |
Fed chiefs often anger presidents |
Ben Bernanke, Bush
administration, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker |
|
10/27/05 |
Government "waste" is complex |
politics, resource
management, trade-offs |
|
10/23/05 |
No consumer inflation yet, but pressure is
building |
Consumer Price Index,
Milton Friedman, Hurricane Katrina, inflation |
|
10/20/05 |
Demand "elasticity" key to profits |
elasticity of demand,
oil prices |
|
10/16/05 |
U.S. stance on farm subsidies appears
dubious at best |
farm policy, game
theory, Nobel Prize, Thomas Schelling |
|
10/13/05 |
Health insurance is different, but why? |
insurance industry |
|
10/09/05 |
U.S. holds Nobel Prize dominance--for now |
Nobel Prize |
|
10/06/05 |
Prices indexes help little in capping city
spending |
Consumer Price Index,
real estate taxes |
|
10/02/05 |
Fuel tax the fairest way to motivate
conservation |
Bush Administration,
energy policy |
|
09/29/05 |
Anti-gouging actions are bad policy |
Hurricane Katrina, oil
prices, price gouging |
|
09/25/05 |
Choices not as simple as good vs. bad |
Bush Administration,
environment, Kyoto Protocol |
|
09/22/05 |
To survive, airlines must play the game |
airline industry, game
theory |
|
09/18/05 |
Conflicts of interest hurt whole economy |
principal-agent
problem |
|
09/15/05 |
Next Fed chair: Academic, practitioner
or both? |
Ben Bernanke, Federal
Reserve |
|
09/11/05 |
New Orleans culture has always been
different |
Hurricane Katrina |
|
09/08/05 |
How much can we really do to minimize disaster costs? |
disaster relief,
Hurricane Katrina |
|
09/04/05 |
When labor grows faster than capital |
globalization, labor
markets |
|
09/01/05 |
In wake of natural disaster, economic engine
will restart |
disaster relief,
Hurricane Katrina |
|
08/28/05 |
What's a hike in the woods worth to you? |
Bush administration,
forest management, resource management |
|
08/25/05 |
Safety is a legitimate issue |
airline industry |
|
08/21/05 |
Gasoline demand won't fall overnight |
elasticity of demand,
oil industry, supply and demand |
|
08/18/05 |
A strike is a rarity these days |
airline industry,
Qwest, strike, unions |
|
08/14/05 |
History teaches gas prices will fall |
oil industry |
|
08/11/05 |
Greenspan shouldn't coast |
FOMC, Alan Greenspan |
|
08/07/05 |
Technology transitions carry costs |
telecommunications,
wind power |
|
08/04/05 |
Even economists driven to consume |
conspicuous
consumption, Thorstein Veblen |
|
07/31/05 |
Who decides the value of preservation? |
resource management,
wildlife |
|
07/28/05 |
Corruption has micro-, macro-effects |
Brazil, corruption,
politics |
|
07/24/05 |
Appointed panel takes heat for politicians |
military spending |
|
07/21/05 |
Hatch-Medica rift teaches economics lesson |
Mike Hatch, HMOs |
|
07/17/05 |
Raise pay for troops in combat |
incentives, military
draft, military spending |
|
07/14/05 |
Terror is "economy of force" |
economy of force,
terrorist attacks |
|
07/10/05 |
China's exports are not its only source of
dollars |
China, exchange rates |
|
07/07/05 |
Africa ills rooted in history |
debt relief |
|
07/03/05 |
We owe a lot to Alexander Hamilton |
Alexander Hamilton |
|
06/30/06 |
Fed "balance" too subjective |
FOMC, Alan Greenspan |
|
06/26/05 |
In rare cases, crime pays for society |
crime,
insurance industry |
|
06/23/05 |
High prices good news to some |
oil prices |
|
06/19/05 |
Don't restrict debt aid to the delinquent |
debt relief |
|
06/16/05 |
Gravel dispute raises concrete economics
issues |
Ronald Coase, resource
management |
|
06/12/05 |
Concern over Social Security is nothing new |
baby boom, Medicare,
Social Security |
|
06/09/05 |
Productivity should be focus |
Edward Prescott,
productivity, Social Security |
|
06/05/05 |
Rift over EU constitution affects politics,
not economics |
European Union,
politics |
|
06/02/05 |
GOP finds governing is hard |
politics |
|
05/29/05 |
Cigarette tax has its roots in pragmatism |
cigarettes, Arthur
Pigou, taxation |
|
05/26/05 |
Assumptions dangerous in war and economics |
rational expectations |
|
05/22/05 |
State's tax rate is just one factor in
migration |
income taxes |
|
05/19/05 |
Tax rate lower than many think |
income taxes |
|
05/15/05 |
GM, Ford ills boost theory of "creative
destruction" |
auto industry,
creative destruction, John Kenneth Galbraith, Joseph Schumpeter |
|
05/12/05 |
Airbus-Boeing "duopoly" challenges airlines |
airline
industry, transportation |
|
05/08/05 |
Budget terms cut both ways |
Bush Administration, Social Security |
|
05/06/05 |
Tiers may unintended side effects |
health policy, HMOs |
|
05/05/05 |
Fed right to reject "Keynesianism," raise
key rate |
Federal Reserve, FOMC,
Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes |
|
05/01/05 |
Greenspan drank the Kool-Aid |
FOMC, Alan Greenspan |
|
04/28/05 |
Nobel laureate lecturer marks a turn in the
discipline |
Nobel Prize, Amartya
Sen, social-choice theory |
|
04/24/05 |
Growth projections are tricky at best |
Social Security |
|
04/21/05 |
Which argument holds water? |
Ronald Coase, resource
management |
|
04/17/05 |
Let's rethink accounting regulations |
Sarbanes-Oxley Bill |
|
04/14/05 |
Energy taxes better than standards |
energy policy, taxes |
|
04/10/05 |
U.S. needs to learn to trust the markets |
market economy, oil
prices |
|
04/07/05 |
What became of "full faith and credit?" |
Bush Administration,
Social Security |
|
04/03/05 |
Numbers, nuance both guide FOMC |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
03/31/05 |
Don't be the farm on rising inflation |
inflation, land prices |
|
03/27/05 |
Tax breaks can obscure health costs |
health savings
accounts, taxes |
|
03/24/05 |
Greenspan tarnishes his own image |
budget surplus, Alan
Greenspan |
|
03/20/05 |
"Great man theory" can be applied to Fed |
Federal Reserve, World
War II |
|
03/17/05 |
MTC crossroads |
transportation |
|
03/13/05 |
Overzealous rules smack of mercantilism |
mercantilism |
|
03/10/05 |
Economists back toll lanes |
toll lanes,
transportation |
|
03/06/05 |
Simple ideas are sometimes simply wrong |
taxes |
|
03/03/05 |
Minimum wage has minimal economic effect |
Fair Labor Standards
Act, minimum wage |
|
02/27/05 |
Leave Marx's economic labels in past |
Karl Marx |
|
02/24/05 |
The human costs of war outweigh all others |
Iraq war |
|
02/20/05 |
Ag subsidies hurt more than help |
Bush Administration, farm subsidies
|
|
02/17/05 |
Soaring home values not necessarily good |
fallacy of composition, housing |
|
02/13/05 |
Gas tax good, automobile tax not so good |
taxes, transportation |
|
02/10/05 |
Writing off debts of poorest nations a good
idea |
Africa, debt relief |
|
02/06/05 |
Some work just can't be outsourced |
law of one price |
|
02/03/05 |
Wartime is a good time for central planning |
central planning, Iraq
war, |
|
01/30/05 |
State weighs how to ration health care |
health policy,
Pawlenty Administration |
|
01/27/05 |
Monopolies popping up all over |
gambling, monopoly,
sports |
|
01/23/05 |
Self-sufficiency in oil wouldn't come
cheaply |
oil prices, USDA |
|
01/20/05 |
Nation of checks and un-balances |
Bush Administration,
deficit spending, Pawlenty Administration |
|
01/16/05 |
Central bank loses money? Don't worry |
central bank, Federal
Reserve, monetary policy |
|
01/13/05 |
Are broadband Internet connections a "public
good?" |
Internet, public good, public utilities |
|
01/09/05 |
Re-examining our bad ideas is a good idea |
Alan Greenspan, Ponzi
scheme, Social Security |
|
01/06/05 |
Government does mad cow kow-tow |
ag imports and
exports, Bush administration, Japan, USDA |
|
01/02/05 |
Perceived risks can skew common sense |
risk |
|
12/30/04 |
Tax or borrow? Both approaches have
limits |
bonds, Pawlenty
Administration, taxation |
|
12/26/04 |
"The king has no clothes!" Now what? |
Bush Administration,
Social Security |
|
12/23/04 |
Pollution cleanup is good; proposed tax is
bad |
environment, taxation |
|
12/19/04 |
China textile tax illustrates flaws in trade |
China, international
trade, WTO |
|
12/16/04 |
Media should brush up on monetary policy |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
12/12/04 |
How many Fed branches do we need? |
Federal Reserve |
|
12/09/04 |
Economists, politicians differ over tax
breaks |
Pawlenty
Administration, taxation |
|
12/05/04 |
Rules are rules, even in trade fights |
international trade,
WTO |
|
12/02/04 |
Comparing U.S., Canada can be instructive |
Canada, exchange rates |
|
11/28/04 |
Don't believe the hype about dollar's swings |
euro, exchange rates |
|
11/25/04 |
Reflect on wants versus needs |
Thanksgiving |
|
11/21/04 |
Cutting waste is easier said than done |
Sen. Norm Coleman |
|
11/18/04 |
"Full" employment is hard to quantify |
unemployment |
|
11/14/04 |
"Free trade" not that free under treaties |
NAFTA |
|
11/11/04 |
Iraqi economy a huge challenge |
Iraq war |
|
11/07/04 |
Arab nations pose riddles for economists |
Arab nations, poverty |
|
11/04/04 |
Fiscal policy will stay the course |
Bush Administration,
Nobel Prize, Edward Prescott |
|
10/31/04 |
Opportunity costs surface in election |
Campaign 2004,
opportunity cost |
|
10/28/04 |
The price of money |
budget deficit,
Campaign 2004 |
|
10/24/04 |
Government's interest in your flu shot |
health policy, risk |
|
10/21/04 |
Without draft, military needs more pay |
Campaign 2004,
military draft |
|
10/17/04 |
Worldviews split lawyers, economists |
environment, Pawlenty
Administration |
|
10/14/04 |
Bush's deficits worse than Kerry's
(part two in a two-part series) |
budget deficit,
Campaign 2004, national debt |
|
10/11/04 |
How does economic theory handle effects of
irrationality and ignorance? |
rational expectations,
David Ricardo |
|
10/10/04 |
Debt relief for poor nations is just a first
step |
Argentina, Brazil,
IMF, World Bank |
|
10/07/04 |
Candidates failing Econ
101
(part one in a two-part series) |
Campaign 2004, health
policy, Social Security |
|
10/03/04 |
What's true for one isn't true for all |
fallacy of
composition, health policy, stock markets |
|
09/30/04 |
Costly oil tightens budget |
oil prices |
|
09/26/04 |
Bankruptcy fairness is balancing act |
airline industry,
bankruptcy, steel industry |
|
09/23/04 |
It's hard to improve on a classic |
technology |
|
09/19/04 |
Money supply is root of all inflation |
inflation, money
supply |
|
09/15/04 |
Media muddle U.S. balance of payments
accounts |
balance of payments,
media |
|
09/12/04 |
Economists would likely scoff at deficit |
budget deficit, David
Ricardo |
|
09/09/04 |
Can "social capital" improve the community? |
Robert Putnam, social
capital |
|
09/05/04 |
Candidates must deal with dual deficits |
Campaign 2004, dual
deficits, federal budget |
|
09/02/04 |
Bush can't have it both ways on economy |
Bush Administration,
John Maynard Keynes, supply-side economics |
|
08/29/04 |
Making a move is more difficult with the
euro |
euro, Robert Mundell,
optimal currency area |
|
08/26/04 |
Which insurance fees are fair? |
insurance industry |
|
08/22/04 |
Republicans divided by fiscal policies |
Campaign 2004, Pawlenty Administration,
taxes |
|
08/19/04 |
The indirect costs of U.S. security |
terrorist attacks |
|
08/15/04 |
Obesity plan sparks debate over rationing |
health policy |
|
08/12/04 |
Would an airport landing auction fly? |
airline industry,
externalities |
|
08/08/04 |
Who's to blame when the economy
struggles? |
Campaign 2004 |
|
08/05/04 |
Short-term numbers have
shortcomings |
economic data |
|
08/01/04 |
High gasoline prices, 'bye gas guzzlers |
airline industry, auto
industry |
|
07/29/04 |
Econ 101 doesn't explain office glut,
pricey steak |
supply and demand |
|
07/25/04 |
Here's how not to run a
country |
Bolivia |
|
07/22/04 |
Fed action and reaction |
Federal Reserve Bank,
Alan Greenspan, money supply |
|
07/18/04 |
AIDS deaths are economic, human tragedy |
Africa, AIDS,
productivity |
|
07/15/04 |
The economy's performance and
potential |
Campaign 2004, output
gap, unemployment |
|
07/11/04 |
Like scissors, issues have two sides |
immigration, Alfred Marshall, prescription drugs |
|
07/08/04 |
Reserves, recruits, returns |
incentives, Iraq war |
|
07/04/04 |
Our diversity has developed into
economic asset |
discrimination |
|
07/01/04 |
Nowhere to go but up |
Federal Reserve, FOMC,
Taylor Rule |
|
06/27/04 |
Digital divide talk hides the real
problem |
international trade,
technology |
|
06/24/04 |
It's difficult to withdraw from
financial addiction |
airline industry,
David Ricardo |
|
06/20/04 |
Lessons for confronting monopolies |
defense spending,
monopoly |
|
06/17/04 |
Presidential pressure on the Fed |
Bush Administration,
Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Ronald Reagan, Paul Volcker |
|
06/13/04 |
Take the long view of leader and
economy |
budget deficit,
Federal Reserve, Ronald Reagan, Paul Volcker |
|
06/10/04 |
Price of war not equal for all nations |
World War II |
|
06/06/04 |
Much to learn on a walk in the Woods |
Bretton Woods |
|
06/03/04 |
Need, greed defeat good sense |
budget deficit |
|
05/30/04 |
A quick primer on the Federal
Reserve |
Federal Reserve, Alan
Greenspan |
|
05/27/04 |
Compensation has complications |
compensation,
principal-agent problem |
|
05/23/04 |
Remittance is no mere pittance |
remittance |
|
05/20/04 |
Pulling apart job data |
Bush Administration,
economic data, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, unemployment |
|
05/16/04 |
Moral hazard gets personal after storm |
incentives, moral
hazard, risk |
|
05/13/04 |
Was the boom just an echo? |
Federal Reserve, money
supply, stock markets |
|
05/09/04 |
Don't blame OPEC, cows for price hikes |
Consumer Price Index,
Federal Reserve, FOMC, market economy, OPEC |
|
05/06/04 |
Funding fundamentals don't apply to state |
bonds |
|
05/02/04 |
Nothing magic about infrastructure |
Army Corps of Engineers,
environment, Mississippi River, transportation |
|
04/29/04 |
Import teaching tool |
international trade |
|
04/25/04 |
You can trade steel, but not haircuts |
international trade,
steel industry |
|
04/22/04 |
Army Corps seems ready to barge in
with costly overhaul of locks |
Army Corps of Engineers,
environment, Mississippi River |
|
04/18/04 |
Taxes aren't fair; what else is new? |
taxes |
|
04/15/04 |
Bungalow bubble buildup |
housing |
|
04/11/04 |
Fair, calculated looks at the next election |
Campaign 2004,
politics |
|
04/08/04 |
Crash course in trade disparities |
transportation |
|
04/04/04 |
French moves bound to spell stagnation |
France, politics |
|
04/01/04 |
No need to fret over OPEC |
elasticity of demand,
oil prices, OPEC |
|
03/28/04 |
Look for China to hit a wall |
China, recession |
|
03/25/04 |
About that Medicare deficit |
Medicare, Social
Security |
|
03/21/04 |
Oil price rise may be timed to hurt Bush |
Bush Administration,
Campaign 2004, oil prices, OPEC, politics |
|
03/18/04 |
My tiff with TIF: It's misleading |
fallacy of
composition, public good, sports, tax increment financing |
|
03/14/04 |
Seemed like a good idea at the time |
path dependency,
value-added tax |
|
03/11/04 |
Benefits drive buses |
economies of scale,
public good, public transit, strike |
|
03/07/04 |
Be it resolved: Pfizer move only symbolic |
Pawlenty
Administration, pharmaceuticals |
|
03/04/04 |
Getting a lock on Social Security |
fallacy of
composition, Social Security |
|
02/29/04 |
Everyday risks are hard to pin down |
risk |
|
02/26/04 |
Greenspan avoided this road before |
Alan Greenspan, Social
Security |
|
02/22/04 |
Drive the drug firms away to lower
prices |
pharmaceuticals,
prescription drugs |
|
02/19/04 |
Mercury policy is a heavy topic |
environment |
|
02/15/04 |
Beware curse of winners in politics |
Campaign 2004,
politics |
|
02/12/04 |
Liability in limbo wastes resources |
Ronald Coase,
incentives |
|
02/08/04 |
It's difficult to feed truth in a sound bite |
Campaign 2004, federal
budget, politics, |
|
02/05/04 |
Free trade trade-offs always pay off |
international trade,
labor markets, trade-offs |
|
02/01/04 |
Adding up the stadium debate |
public financing,
sports |
|
01/29/04 |
The politics of debt and diplomacy |
Bush Administration,
IMF, John Maynard Keynes, Latin American |
|
01/25/04 |
"Normal" price notions are rarely rational |
inflation |
|
01/22/04 |
The work behind jobless figures |
economic data, labor
markets, unemployment |
|
01/18/04 |
How can we use more oil, have more oil? |
oil prices, technology |
|
01/15/04 |
Immigration argument needs work |
Bush Administration,
immigration, labor markets |
|
01/11/04 |
Dollar declines and other weighty issues |
euro, exchange rates |
|
01/08/04 |
Mad cows and irrational humans |
risk |
|
01/04/04 |
Incentives often bring demand shifts |
demand shift,
incentives |
|
01/01/04 |
One simple life saw so many changes |
technology |
|
12/28/03 |
It's time for the truth in mutual funds |
efficiency,
investments, mutual funds |
|
12/25/03 |
You're a mean one |
|
|
12/21/03 |
No credit if they don't make grade |
bankruptcy |
|
12/18/03 |
Economist view of booya hoo-ha |
litigation, public
good, risk, transaction cost |
|
12/14/03 |
Leaders need background in trade realities |
China, international
trade, Japan |
|
12/11/03 |
Constitutions matter to growth |
Afghanistan, Isaiah
Berlin, Brazil, education |
|
12/07/03 |
Political shifts, maybe, but in right direction |
Bush Administration,
Pawlenty Administration, politics, steel industry, tariffs |
|
12/04/03 |
Delivering details can be difficult |
economic data, media |
|
11/30/03 |
Picture stents in place of pills |
health policy,
pharmaceuticals, prescription drugs, price discrimination |
|
11/27/03 |
Placing value on thanks and giving |
Thanksgiving |
|
11/23/03 |
Make penalty match profit |
Gary Becker, Senator Norm Coleman,
KPMG, tax fraud |
|
11/20/03 |
Using common funds for the common good |
energy policy,
ethanol, FICA, health policy, Medicare, pharmaceuticals, wind power |
|
11/16/03 |
The nation's well-being supersedes
political antics |
Bush Administration,
European Union, GATT, steel industry, tariffs, WTO |
|
11/13/03 |
Internet tax issues tangles |
Internet, taxation |
|
11/09/03 |
New lesson in budget balancing
during doldrums |
European Union |
|
11/06/03 |
Fund news eclipses GDP |
Bush Administration,
economic data, GDP |
|
11/02/03 |
Health care needs change, but what's
feasible? |
health policy |
|
10/30/03 |
Funding formula paved with intentions |
taxation,
transportation |
|
10/26/03 |
Common property systems have uncommon
results |
common property,
Garrett Hardin |
|
10/23/03 |
Unlikely answer for GOP |
Canada, Representative
Gil Gutknecht, health policy, Pawlenty Administration, pharmaceuticals,
prescription drugs |
|
10/19/03 |
Economics tries to explain levels of
wealth |
Bolivia, rent-seeking |
|
10/16/03 |
Beefy, bulky price swoops |
supply and demand |
|
10/12/03 |
Talk about trade talks obscures
important issues |
international trade,
tariffs |
|
10/09/03 |
Nobel choices leaner and lean to U.S. |
Robert Engle, Clive
Granger, Nobel Prize |
|
10/05/03 |
Turnover of goods is sometimes good
enough |
Bush Administration,
energy policy, environment |
|
10/02/03 |
Poverty index is confusing--and stuck |
Consumer Price Index,
Mollie Orshansky, poverty |
|
09/28/03 |
The deficit: "Fiscal discipline"
isn't going to cut it |
budget deficit, Bush
Administration, Dick Cheney |
|
09/25/03 |
Currency support comes with twists |
China, exchange rates,
IMF |
|
09/21/03 |
Pay alternatives often involve harsh
choices |
labor markets,
trade-offs |
|
09/18/03 |
Global integration hits snags |
European Union,
globalization, WTO |
|
09/14/03 |
Rules or discretion?
Monetary policy debate persists |
Federal Reserve Bank,
Milton Friedman, Alan Greenspan, John Maynard Keynes, monetary policy |
|
09/11/03 |
China's current currency condition
needs an update |
China, exchange rates,
John Snow |
|
09/07/03 |
Raising reservations about reserve |
elasticity of demand,
oil prices, Strategic Petroleum Reserve |
|
09/04/03 |
Over time, economic rules will trump
overtime rules |
Bush Administration,
Fair Labor Standards Act |
|
08/31/03 |
Population counts when analyzing economic
issues |
labor markets,
population change, productivity |
|
08/28/03 |
Gas prices spark call for action |
tradeoffs,
transportation |
|
08/24/03 |
Despite abundance, humans look for
more |
income distribution |
|
08/21/03 |
Incentives aren't only motivators |
incentives, Medicare |
|
08/17/03 |
Cost opportunity applies beyond
economics |
Bush administration,
Iraq war, opportunity cost, resource allocation |
|
08/14/03 |
Fed's interest in rates is all about
bonds |
bonds, Federal
Reserve, FOMC, money supply |
|
08/10/03 |
Think of the bonds you invest in as IOUs |
bonds |
|
08/07/03 |
Shielding drugs, rock 'n' roll |
patents,
pharmaceuticals |
|
08/03/03 |
Like farmers, small businesses need
assistance |
Pawlenty
administration |
|
07/31/03 |
Plumbing depths of user optimality |
efficiency, Pareto
optimality |
|
07/27/03 |
U.S. bonds in foreign hands don't pose
big threats |
bonds, foreign
investment |
|
07/24/03 |
Debts differ from deficits |
bonds, budget deficit,
national debt |
|
07/20/03 |
Drug benefit is close to "bilateral
monopoly" |
Medicare, monopolistic
competition, monopoly, monopsony, oligopoly, perfect competition |
|
07/17/03 |
A lesson in "rent seeking" |
Pawlenty
administration, rent seeking |
|
07/13/03 |
Declining dollar not enough to
create catastrophe |
exchange rates,
foreign investment |
|
07/10/03 |
Preferential rates do have
economic basis |
economies of scale,
HMOs, insurance industry, monopoly, monopsony, perfect competition |
|
07/06/03 |
Government actions take from poor,
give to rich |
income distribution,
marriage penalty, Medicare, |
|
07/03/03 |
Heck yes, pricing hits buyers |
Sen. Norm Coleman,
market economy |
|
06/29/03 |
Paid use of car-pool lane
economically sound |
transportation |
|
06/26/03 |
Rate cut ignores money supply |
FOMC, money supply |
|
06/22/03 |
External pressure holds grip on
fiscal honesty (part two in a two-part series) |
economic data, market
economy |
|
06/19/03 |
It's the economy |
Bush Administration,
Campaign 2004, economic data, inflation, unemployment |
|
06/15/03 |
Markets and citizens need reliable
information (part one in a two-part series) |
economic data,
principal-agent problem |
|
06/12/03 |
Politics fuel proposals for ethanol
reserve (includes Sen. Coleman's response editorial
published 6/16/03) |
ADM, Campaign 2000,
Sen. Norm Coleman, ethanol, rent-seeking |
|
06/08/03 |
Economic knowledge helpful but no
guarantee |
economic education |
|
06/05/03 |
Be skeptical of long-term forecasts |
budget deficit, Social
Security |
|
06/01/03 |
Read economic headlines with a
dose of skepticism |
euro, exchange rates,
media |
|
05/29/03 |
Trade deficit lures foreign investment |
foreign investment,
trade deficit |
|
05/25/03 |
Zoning can bring economic
efficiency--and bigotry |
efficiency, market
economy, zoning |
|
05/22/03 |
Revealing "refund loans" |
taxes, Truth in
Lending Act, usury laws |
|
05/18/03 |
Ups and downs of the dollar can be good
and bad news |
monetary policy |
|
05/15/03 |
Age is a factor in valuing life |
trade-offs |
|
05/11/03 |
What factors allow CEOs to earn
above-market pay? |
CEO compensation,
market economy, principal-agent problem, supply and demand |
|
05/08/03 |
Fed facing election pressure |
Campaign 2004, Federal
Reserve, FOMC, monetary policy, political culture |
|
05/04/03 |
Airline restructuring reveals pecking
order |
airline industry,
opportunity cost, unions |
|
05/01/03 |
Impact of SARS nothing to sneeze at |
airline industry, SARS |
|
04/27/03 |
Short-term losses accompany
benefits of trade |
China, foreign trade |
|
04/24/03 |
Cult of personalities can hurt economy |
Bush administration,
Federal Reserve Bank, Alan Greenspan |
|
04/20/03 |
Speaking freely can come at a
cost to income |
discrimination, Iraq
war |
|
04/13/03 |
Should the Fed try to achieve
inflation? |
Federal Reserve Bank,
IMF, inflation |
|
04/10/03 |
Tax policy relies on a vice
precedent |
gambling, Arthur
Pigou, taxation, tobacco |
|
04/06/03 |
Humped flatbeds signal doom for
Fidel's regime |
incentives, market
economy, transportation |
|
04/03/03 |
Should protestors pay? |
Pawlenty
administration, public good |
|
03/30/03 |
It's time for a little fun
understanding "fungible" |
fungible |
|
03/27/03 |
Is the president's war budget
realistic? |
Bush administration,
Iraq war |
|
03/23/03 |
Minnesota's economic picture not all
that grim |
budget deficits,
unemployment |
|
03/20/03 |
Uncertainty is certain |
Federal Reserve Bank,
FOMC, Iraq war, oil prices |
|
03/16/03 |
What would war with Iraq do to the U.S.
economy? |
Iraq war |
|
03/13/03 |
Setting salaries in unsettling times |
unemployment, wages |
|
03/09/03 |
Acknowledge the tradeoffs, then
tackle the negatives |
incentives, tradeoffs |
|
03/06/03 |
Party's principles lost for GOP leaders |
gambling,
mercantilism, Pawlenty administration, retirement |
|
03/02/03 |
Strong dollar not always
beneficial |
Bush administration,
j-curve effect, John Snow, trade deficit |
|
02/27/03 |
Intentions and consequences |
Bush administration,
Pawlenty administration, tax-free zone, workers' compensation |
|
02/23/03 |
Zombie airlines are operating among
us! |
airline industry |
|
02/20/03 |
Plowing into storm's lessons |
resource management |
|
02/16/03 |
Alan Greenspan doesn't owe the
president anything |
Bush administration,
Alan Greenspan |
|
02/13/03 |
Ask the economists |
Bush administration,
Alan Greenspan, taxation |
|
02/09/03 |
Sure, we'll help the poor, if they
follow our rules |
consumer sovereignty,
Pawlenty administration, poverty |
|
02/06/03 |
So many ag TV ads and so few farmers |
monopolistic
competition |
|
02/02/03 |
Taking a shot at the question of
compulsory vaccination |
health policy |
|
01/30/03 |
Plan shows Medicare's original flaws |
Bush administration,
Medicare, prescription drugs |
|
01/26/03 |
Truth for ethanol co-ops:
Incentives have consequences |
ethanol, incentives,
Pawlenty administration |
|
01/23/03 |
Assessing risk down the road |
risk |
|
01/19/03 |
Ethanol subsidies burn many to
benefit a few |
ethanol, Pawlenty
administration |
|
01/16/03 |
Economics of life-or-death
questions |
health policy |
|
01/12/03 |
Separating silliness from sense in
economic plans |
Bush administration,
John Maynard Keynes, supply-side economics, taxation |
|
01/09/03 |
Dissecting the dividend tax |
Bush administration,
dividends, taxation, |
|
01/05/03 |
Rethink the requirement to balance
the state budget |
bailout, budget deficit |
|
12/29/02 |
Deciding at what level to tax and spend means tradeoffs |
education, local
government, taxation, transportation |
|
12/22/02 |
Not in the spotlight, Social Security needs repair |
Gary Becker, Peter G.
Peterson, Social Security |
|
12/19/02 |
Playing the risk vs. the payoff |
Bush Administration,
defense spending, risk |
|
12/15/02 |
Forget the Friedman fight, just abolish the position |
Bush Administration,
Stephen Friedman |
|
12/12/02 |
Snow has tough policy to sell, swallow |
Bush Administration,
Lawrence Lindsey, Paul O'Neill, John Snow |
|
12/08/02 |
State's lopsided benefits plan needs attention |
public employees,
retirement |
|
12/05/02 |
Fiscal "boatload" now needs bailing out |
budget deficit, John
Maynard Keynes, taxes |
|
12/01/02 |
Gripped by the economics of repair |
Baumol effect,
opportunity cost, profit maximizing |
|
11/28/02 |
Giving thanks for those who help out |
Thanksgiving |
|
11/24/02 |
It's dangerous and foolish to believe you have the last word |
truth |
|
11/21/02 |
PUC needs to get tough |
public utilities,
Qwest |
|
11/17/02 |
We spend plenty on trials but little for victims |
crime,
lawsuits, litigation, terrorist attacks |
|
11/14/02 |
A tax cut both parties can love |
regressivity, tariffs,
taxation |
|
11/10/02 |
Investor trust in economy is in serious need of repair |
Bush Administration,
Harvey Pitt, SEC, William Webster |
|
11/07/02 |
Economic test for Republicans |
Bush Administration,
Harvey Pitt, SEC, William Webster |
|
11/03/02 |
Deflation is not a threat as long
as Fed is competent |
deflation, FOMC,
Japan, Paul Volcker |
|
10/31/02 |
Let's consider
bringing back the draft |
Milton Friedman,
military draft |
|
10/27/02 |
Taxes are a necessary
evil; tax evaders really are evil |
efficiency, tax fraud |
|
10/24/02 |
Monopoly power brings
on abuses |
Bush Administration,
monopoly |
|
10/20/02 |
"Caveat emptor" has
always applied to the stock market |
Great Depression,
retirement, stock markets |
|
10/17/02 |
Creative books can
hide costs |
transfer pricing |
|
10/13/02 |
Bush didn't build the
bubble and he didn't burst it, either |
Bush Administration,
Federal Reserve Bank, John Maynard Keynes |
|
10/10/02 |
Labor lessons of port
lockout |
labor markets,
monopoly, strike |
|
10/06/02 |
Changes in society
affect the unemployment count (part two in a two-part series) |
unemployment |
|
10/03/02 |
Numb to jobless
numbers (part one in a two-part series) |
unemployment |
|
09/29/02 |
Free trade is good for
business, good for people |
Roger Cobden,
international trade, David Ricardo, Smooth-Hawley Act, tariffs |
|
09/26/02 |
Trade with Cuba could
speed reform |
Cuba, international trade,
Latin America |
|
09/22/02 |
Hog prices and office
rents show irrationality in action |
Robert Lucas, rational
expectations, David Ricardo |
|
09/19/02 |
When ownership means leadership |
principle-agent
problem |
|
09/15/02 |
U.S. should propose
alternative to Kyoto Protocol |
Bush Administration,
Clinton Administration, Kyoto Protocol, natural resource management, Thomas
Schelling |
|
09/08/02 |
Life lessons color
economists' views |
Gary Becker, Milton
Friedman, logical positivism |
|
09/05/02 |
Fishing for common
economic ground |
common property,
resource management, wildlife |
|
09/01/02 |
Successful economies need cooperation and
competition |
efficiency |
|
08/29/02 |
Meeting society's needs can be a messy process |
public good |
|
08/25/02 |
Health news brings classic "demand shift" |
demand shift, market economy |
|
08/18/02 |
Bailouts are nice, but they don't solve problems |
bailout, Bush Administration, IMF, Latin
America |
|
08/15/02 |
Roseau deserves better |
efficiency, horizontal equity, moral
hazard, vertical equity |
|
08/11/02 |
Be content with average market performance |
investments, retirement, stock
markets |
|
08/08/02 |
Don't make too much out of numbers |
economic data, GDP, recession |
|
08/04/02 |
Understanding price shifts |
consumer price index |
|
08/01/02 |
O'Neill doesn't deserve bad rap |
Bush Administration, Paul O'Neill |
|
07/28/02 |
Changing laws on drug imports may result in
surprises |
fallacy of composition,
pharmaceuticals, price discrimination |
|
07/25/02 |
California law fogs the issue |
environment, global warming |
|
07/21/02 |
History may take different view of market downturn |
corporate accounting, Alan
Greenspan, stock markets |
|
07/20/02 |
Declines, rebounds happen |
Dow Jones, retirement, stock markets
|
|
07/18/02 |
Bush
inaction hurts in long run |
Bush Administration, stock options |
|
07/14/02 |
Doing the right thing doesn't cost more |
investments, retirement |
|
07/11/02 |
Nuclear waste issue lives on |
energy policy, nuclear energy |
|
07/07/02 |
Law of supply and demand also applies to the job
market |
labor markets, supply and demand |
|
07/04/02 |
Surviving
roar of the crowd |
Charles Mackay, retirement, David
Ricardo, stock markets |
|
06/30/02 |
Insurance firms struggle to avoid moral hazard
(part two in a two-part series) |
Mike Hatch, insurance industry,
Medicare, moral hazard, pharmaceuticals |
|
06/27/02 |
"Average" drug prices need real fix
(part one in a two-part series) |
Mike Hatch, Medicare,
pharmaceuticals |
|
06/20/02 |
Service
snafu creates Marxian moment |
Enron, Karl Marx, principal-agent
problems, Qwest |
|
06/16/02 |
The
jig is up: Americans learn cars cost less in Canada |
auto industry, price discrimination |
|
06/13/02 |
Risk
vs. recklessness: Who should bear costs? |
moral hazard |
|
06/09/02 |
So who's counting? What median income really
means |
median income, productivity |
|
06/06/02 |
Cost of the commute |
census, transportation |
|
06/02/02 |
If you value sound reasoning, watch out for these
words |
monopoly, national debt, steel
industry |
|
05/30/02 |
What's behind shopping for a bargain? It isn't
just being thrifty |
price discrimination |
|
05/26/02 |
Media
needs to know the value of dollar vs. trade deficit |
media, trade deficit |
|
05/23/02 |
Sports spending smart? |
education, sports |
|
05/19/02 |
Telecom boom's bust has basis in economic history |
technology |
|
05/16/02 |
Dayton plan will hurt serious trade talks |
fast track authority, international
trade |
|
05/12/02 |
Squeezed
and sweating or simply back to work? |
productivity |
|
05/09/02 |
Pork and
PACs vs. priorities, principles |
Bush Administration, military
spending |
|
05/05/02 |
U.S.
account deficit will shrink one way or the other |
budget deficit, Federal Reserve,
international trade |
|
05/02/02 |
The
economics of exotic locales |
efficiency |
|
04/29/02 |
Truthful
disclosure critical to U.S. market economy |
corporate accounting, Enron, public
auditing |
|
04/25/02 |
Bad rules
breed corruption |
corruption, rent-seeking |
|
04/21/02 |
Oil exports
don't guarantee high standard of living |
Venezuela |
|
04/18/02 |
Oligopolists
lose at "follow the leader" |
game theory, oligopoly, signaling |
|
04/14/02 |
University
athletics does follow economic incentives |
incentives |
|
04/11/02 |
One
oligopolist can only do so much |
international trade, monopoly, oil
prices, oligopoly |
|
04/07/02 |
California ban
on pulling weeds tugs at larger issues |
labor markets, tradeoffs |
|
04/03/02 |
Bad economic
policy is in the wind |
energy policy, windpower |
|
03/31/02 |
Similar
industries--different views of imports |
foreign trade, labor markets, paper
industry, steel industry |
|
03/28/02 |
Stadium
financing won't fly |
bonds, public financing |
|
03/21/02 |
Change hurts
some as it helps many |
Internet, labor markets |
|
03/17/02 |
Economist Tobin
had rare Keynesian policy success |
John Maynard Keynes, Nobel Prize,
James Tobin |
|
03/14/02 |
Any benefit to soybean growers would be global |
globalization, international trade |
|
03/10/02 |
Steel
tariffs cave to politics, but are bad economic policy |
Bush administration, steel industry,
tariffs |
|
03/07/02 |
Qwest actions
raise old issues |
monopoly, price fixing, Qwest, Ida
Tarbell, |
|
03/03/02 |
Economic
policies usually are two-edged swords |
Federal Reserve |
|
02/28/02 |
Don't blame
it on forecasts |
budget deficit, income taxes,
recession, sales taxes |
|
02/24/02 |
Global
pressure to change policies only goes so far |
Bretton Woods, Bush Administration,
Japan |
|
02/21/02 |
Hungry
inherit the work |
labor markets |
|
02/17/02 |
World's
poor are poor, but calculations add to confusion |
poverty |
|
02/14/02 |
Farm
subsidies a regressive reality |
farm policy, regressivity |
|
02/10/02 |
Real costs
of programs must be weighed against benefits |
energy policy, environment |
|
02/07/02 |
End of
recession hard to pin down |
recession |
|
02/03/02 |
Calculate
"opportunity cost" when figuring true loss |
Argentina, Enron, opportunity cost |
|
01/31/02 |
Sorting
out government aid to business |
incentives, taxes |
|
01/27/02 |
Time
for the Fed to ease up on the money accelerator |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
01/24/02 |
Political
rhetoric needs balance |
Argentina, Federal Reserve, politics |
|
01/20/02 |
Look to
Washington for macroeconomics lesson |
John Maynard Keynes, macroeconomics,
politics, recession |
|
01/17/02 |
State's
4% jobless rate isn't that bad |
recession, unemployment |
|
01/13/02 |
Argentina
needs to face deeply embedded problems (part two in a two-part series) |
Argentina, IMF |
|
01/10/02 |
Survivor
funds are tough call |
terrorist attacks |
|
01/06/02 |
Argentines
aren't learning right lessons from debacle (part one in a two-part series) |
Argentina, currency board, IMF |
|
01/03/02 |
No room
for rent seeking |
rent-seeking |
|
12/30/01 |
Nonpartisan
group could monitor state coffers (part two in a two-part series) |
recession, taxation |
|
12/27/01 |
Finding a fair
tax system (part one in a two-part series) |
recession, taxation |
|
12/23/01 |
Instead of
401(k) limits, overall review is needed |
Enron, investments, retirement |
|
12/20/01 |
Melding
steel giants isn't bad |
monopoly |
|
12/16/01 |
Enron episode
teaches investors to act like parents |
bankruptcy, bonds, Enron,
investments, public utilities |
|
12/13/01 |
Fed faces a
battle in shifting policy |
Federal Reserve, FOMC |
|
12/09/01 |
Situations
bear watching beyond terrorism hotspots |
Argentina, international trade,
Japan |
|
12/06/01 |
Deficits can
teach lessons |
automatic stabilizers, budget
deficit, recession |
|
12/02/01 |
Long-run
projections are often misleading, even silly |
data, labor markets |
|
11/29/01 |
Danger:
data drama |
data, recession |
|
11/22/01 |
How theory
applies to Selig |
game theory, signaling, Michael
Spence |
|
11/18/01 |
Uncertainty
is casting pall on businesses, consumers |
Frank Knight, risk, terrorist
attacks, uncertainty |
|
11/15/01 |
Family
spending is likely to change |
recession, unemployment |
|
11/11/01 |
Other nations
notice U.S. shift on drug patent rights |
anthrax, patents, pharmaceuticals |
|
11/08/01 |
Business
cycle is natural |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, Alan
Greenspan, recession |
|
11/04/01 |
In name of
war, Congress touts questionable plans |
Alternate Minimum Tax, bonds, taxes,
|
|
11/01/01 |
Security
spending can slow productivity growth |
productivity, terrorist attacks |
|
10/28/01 |
Cipro popularity
becomes disadvantage for Bayer |
anthrax, patents, pharmaceuticals |
|
10/25/01 |
Minnesota can
weather the storm |
labor market, recession |
|
10/21/01 |
Good judgment
can reduce damage to our way of life |
anthrax, productivity, terrorist
attacks |
|
10/18/01 |
Economies
must let companies fail |
bankruptcy, innovation |
|
10/14/01 |
In public
sphere, setting wages is a tricky business |
labor market, strike, wages |
|
10/11/01 |
Let's know
pros, cons of stimulus package |
monetary policy, money supply,
taxation, unemployment |
|
10/07/01 |
Stockwalk
situation shows how quickly failure can spread |
Herstatt risk, money supply,
Stockwalk, terrorist attacks |
|
10/04/01 |
Avoiding
rate traps |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, inflation,
money supply, terrorist attacks |
|
09/30/01 |
Right now,
theories are solid, but limited in capabilities |
inflation, John Maynard Keynes,
recession, terrorist attacks |
|
09/27/01 |
Focus on the
economy of real goods, services |
real economy, terrorist attacks |
|
09/23/01 |
Wise
choices can keep U.S. out of another Depression |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, Great
Depression, Smoot-Hawley Act, terrorist attacks |
|
09/20/01 |
Bailout
must weigh benefits to society, airlines |
airline industry, bailout, terrorist attacks |
|
09/16/01 |
Extreme
times call for measured response; Fed's role: ensure calm, prevent panic |
Federal Reserve, money supply,
terrorist attacks |
|
09/13/01 |
Economy
will survive the shock of the attack |
exogenous shock, terrorist attacks |
|
09/09/01 |
This might
be a recession, but there's no need to panic |
Bush Administration, recession |
|
09/06/01 |
Strikes up but
still relatively rare |
labor market, strike,
unions,
wages |
|
09/02/01 |
Rhetoric
over federal budget muddies Social Security issue |
Bush Administration, national debt,
Social Security |
|
08/30/01 |
Sub-prime
lending bears watching |
Alan Greenspan, junk bonds,
sub-prime lending |
|
08/26/01 |
Rankings
provide information, but not all information is equal |
information |
|
08/23/01 |
Foreign
sales break isn't worth a fight |
foreign trade, WTO |
|
08/19/01 |
Putting a
cap on salaries, fees doesn't work in tight labor market |
labor markets, nursing homes |
|
08/16/01 |
Bonsignore's
exit deal strains economic theory |
Michael Bonsignore, Honeywell,
principal-agent problems |
|
08/12/01 |
Population
changes give birth to widespread economic changes |
census, population change |
|
08/09/01 |
Limiting ag
imports is foolish |
ag imports & exports,
mercantilism, Smoot-Hawley Act |
|
08/05/01 |
Events bring
changes that are certain to involve trade-offs |
trade-offs |
|
08/02/01 |
Bond
ratings matter |
bonds |
|
07/29/01 |
Health
care is too important to be left in the hands of a single official |
Allina Health System, Mike Hatch,
health policy, HMOs, principal-agent problems, |
|
07/22/01 |
People
respond to incentives--sometimes a little too well |
incentives |
|
07/15/01 |
Did the
Canadian dollar fall, or did the U.S. dollar rise? |
Canada, exchange rates |
|
07/08/01 |
Society's
need for services, property-use regulations requires an ever-more-complicated balancing
act |
property rights |
|
07/01/01 |
Health,
auto insurance both involve tradeoffs |
health policy, HMOs |
|
06/24/01 |
Struggles in
Argentine economy may hurt U.S. exports and plans for a free trade area |
Argentina, currency board, free
trade area, monetary policy |
|
06/17/01 |
Unfair
international policies go far beyond the price of pharmaceuticals |
AIDS, health policy, price gouging |
|
06/10/01 |
Protection for
U.S. steel industry just doesn't make economic sense |
Bush Administration, free trade
area, steel industry |
|
06/03/01 |
Lost labor's
impact |
inflation, unemployment |
|
05/27/01 |
This
energy plan could've done Bush--and us--a lot more good |
Bush administration, energy policy,
externalities |
|
05/20/01 |
The Fed funds
rate is not the prime, T-bill or mortgage rate |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, inflation |
|
05/13/01 |
Now
the serious talk starts weighing Social Security vs. individual accounts |
Bush Administration, Social Security |
|
05/06/01 |
Economic
indicators are just that--indicators and not precise science |
economic data, economic growth |
|
04/29/01 |
"Big
box" retailers demonstrating capitalism's creative destruction |
creative destruction, Joseph
Schumpeter |
|
04/22/01 |
Foreign
trade sanctions, embargoes bring minimal change to U.S. economy |
China, foreign trade, international
trade |
|
04/15/01 |
Law of
supply and demand is harsh reality |
market economy, supply and demand |
|
04/08/01 |
Weigh costs of
environmental, health measures against benefits |
benefit cost analysis, Bush
Administration, environment, health policy |
|
04/01/01 |
Economist's
uncommon sense is key to solving energy problems |
energy policy, Allen Kneese |
|
03/25/01 |
Reports of
world events provide valuable instruction in economics |
Federal Reserve, Latin America,
macroeconomics, monetary policy |
|
03/21/01 |
Fed's
moderate rate cut is no real surprise |
Dow Jones, Federal Reserve, FOMC,
stock markets |
|
03/18/01 |
Bush's
agriculture rhetoric obscures harsh trade outlook for U.S. farmers |
ag imports & exports, Bush
Administration, farm policy, free trade area, GATT, Latin America, NAFTA, WTO |
|
03/15/01 |
The
Fed can't save the market |
Dow Jones, Federal Reserve, FOMC,
Milton Friedman, Alan Greenspan, John Maynard Keynes, stock markets |
|
03/11/01 |
Spread
of disease, storm disasters kept under control by government |
public good, taxes |
|
03/04/01 |
Plow through
estate tax rhetoric regarding farms, small businesses |
estate taxes |
|
02/25/01 |
Americans
want a strong dollar, but few can offer any reasons why |
euro, exchange rates, monetary
policy |
|
02/18/01 |
You can
tune a piano, but not an economy |
John Maynard Keynes |
|
02/11/01 |
Look
at a country's political culture to get a grip on economic changes |
political culture |
|
02/04/01 |
During
his term, Bush in position to put 5 on Federal Reserve Board |
Bush Administration, Clinton
Administration, Federal Reserve, Roger Ferguson, FOMC |
|
02/01/01 |
Economics:
California holds pricing lesson |
public utilities, supply and demand |
|
01/28/01 |
Tough
to measure new economy that's flush with service industries |
economic data, Alan Greenspan |
|
01/21/01 |
Deeply
held values, intense fears clog the education voucher debate |
public good, school vouchers |
|
01/14/01 |
Before
ripping into voucher debate, look at government role as provider |
public good, school vouchers |
|
01/07/01 |
Bush
appointee Lindsey is best described as supply-side economist |
Bush administration, Federal
Reserve, Lawrence Lindsey, supply-side economics |
|
01/04/01 |
Last-minute
holiday rush didn't happen, so Fed went with rate cut |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, Alan
Greenspan, money supply |
|
12/31/00 |
There
will be howls and yowls, but Republicans have to talk taxes |
environment, externalities, Paul
O'Neill, Albert Pigou, taxation, taxes |
|
12/24/00 |
Pondering
plenty--or the lack of it, as this season of spending winds down |
poverty, South America |
|
12/20/00 |
Fed's
decision-marking isn't solely Greenspan |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, Greenspan,
money supply |
|
12/17/00 |
A primer on
taxes, just in time for the next legislative session |
income taxes, real estate taxes,
sales taxes, taxation, taxes |
|
12/10/00 |
Continued
irrational exuberance delays the soft landing at hand |
Federal Reserve, FOMC, Greenspan,
money supply |
|
12/03/00 |
Troubles that
grew with StarLink corn provide lesson in economics |
Adventis, ag imports & exports,
external costs, farm policy, GMOs, |
|
11/26/00 |
Fed is
performing well right now, but remember: It's only human |
Federal Reserve |
|
11/19/00 |
Consumers
ultimately pay a price for product recalls, safety measures |
consumer protection, product recall |
|
11/12/00 |
Next
president needs to take steps to ward off possible banking crisis |
bailout, banking, Alan Greenspan |
|
11/05/00 |
Secret of
United States' success: We don't depend on strong leaders |
Campaign 2000, Fidel Castro,
founding fathers, Latin America, Adam Smith |
|
10/29/00 |
Daily life
delivers its share of risks, but any response involves trade-offs |
auto industry, lawsuits |
|
10/22/00 |
Policy alternatives can help the environment and cost
nation less |
Campaign 2000, environment |
|
10/15/00 |
We need
more teachers, nurses? We have to pay them more money. |
Baumol effect, William Baumol,
opportunity cost |
|
10/12/00 |
The
Nobel laureates in economics are little-known but safe choices |
James Heckman, Daniel McFadden,
microeconomics, Nobel Prize |
|
10/08/00 |
Promises
sacrifice sound policies to score a few points in the polls |
Campaign 2000, national debt, Social
Security, taxation |
|
10/04/00 |
A call to
share the global wealth |
globalization, IMF, Nobel
conference, Jeffrey Sachs, World Bank, world economy |
|
10/01/00 |
Euro and
oil actions are unlikely to have a major effect on market |
Campaign 2000, euro, Alan Greenspan,
market economy, oil prices, politics, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Larry Summers,
|
|
09/24/00 |
Voters,
take heed: Government can't have a family-like budget |
Campaign 2000, fallacy of
composition, federal budget, Federal Reserve, national debt, Social Security, |
|
09/17/00 |
Drug
cost plans treat a symptom, not larger problem of health care |
Campaign 2000, health policy,
prescription drugs |
|
9/10/01 |
(No column) |
|
|
09/03/00 |
Prescription-medicine
business is one of complicated economics |
Campaign 2000, health policy,
prescription drugs |
|
08/27/00 |
Politicians'
rhetoric about changes in health care light on substance |
Campaign 2000, health policy,
politics, HMOs |
|
08/20/00 |
Politicians
deliver glib comments, but voters need to study the truth |
budget surplus, Campaign 2000,
health policy, politics, taxes |
|
08/13/00 |
History
shows U.S. is controlled by the Fed, not the White House |
Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker,
Federal Reserve, FOMC, Campaign 2000, taxes, politics |
|
08/06/00 |
Convention
brings gusts of hot air concerning federal fiscal policies |
estate taxes, Social Security,
politics, taxes, Campaign 2000 |
|
07/30/00 |
When free
speech disrupts events, a democratic society pays costs |
civil disobedience, GMOs,
opportunity cost, First Amendment, IMF, WTO, |
|
07/23/00 |
As long as
the demand still burns, someone will be making cigarettes |
lawsuits, litigation, tobacco,
cigarettes |
|
07/16/00 |
Life
expectancy misunderstood |
Social Security, life expectancy |
|
07/09/00 |
Solutions
to "save" Social Security have to work in the real economy |
Social Security, Ponzi scheme, real
economy |
|
07/02/00 |
What is
"price gouging" and do we need pricing laws? |
price gouging, market economy, oil
prices |
|
06/25/00 |
Calmly
at the economic controls or clutching the emergency brake? |
Greenspan, FOMC, oil prices |
|
06/18/00 |
Politicians
have better things to do than mess with gas price concerns |
oil prices, price gouging, market
economy |
|
06/11/00 |
A trade
deficit does not indicate a fiendish plot by another country |
trade deficit, mercantilism, China |
|
06/04/00 |
More
to Social Security than retirement |
Social Security, disability and
survivors' benefits, retirement |
|
05/28/00 |
Los Alamos
disaster illustrates concept of 'moral hazard' |
moral hazard, forest management, Los
Alamos, resource management, environment |
|
05/21/00 |
The
New Internet Economy: How Big? (Printed in a special
section on e-business published by several newspapers) |
Internet, e-business, Douglass
North, Deirdre McCloskey, new economy |
|
05/21/00 |
So euro is
weak--who cares? U.S. farmers, plenty of others |
euro, farm policy, exchange rates,
European Union, WTO, ag imports & exports |
|
05/14/00 |
Should
Federal Reserve try slow escalation or a knockout punch? |
Federal Reserve, Greenspan, FOMC |
|
05/07/00 |
Bankruptcy
laws must balance creditors, debtors and society |
bankruptcy, consumer credit
industry, economic growth, efficiency |
|
04/30/00 |
Have fun, scare
people with charts |
stock markets, Dow Jones, Nikkei |
|
04/23/00 |
World
Bank: It's a dirty job |
foreign aid, World Bank,
Bretton Woods |
|
04/16/00 |
World
Bank, IMF emerged from the exigencies of war |
World Bank, IMF, Bretton Woods, |
|
04/09/00 |
Public wants it
privacy--and detailed data about itself |
census, economic data, Current
Population Survey |
|
04/02/00 |
Those
who think Greenspan rules are mistaking influence for power |
Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan,
Paul Volcker, monetary policy, FOMC, |
|
03/26/00 |
Real
estate taxes troublesome, but they're part of who we are |
real estate taxes, local
government, Latin America, decentralized government |
|
03/19/00 |
Sign of a
creative, thriving economy: Many high-tech firms are sure to fail |
Schumpeter, new economy, innovation,
venture capital |
|
03/17/00 |
Oil price
shock need not cause inflation |
inflation, oil prices, OPEC |
|
03/12/00 |
Slowing
population growth will have strong effect on economies |
population change, Easterlin, Social
Security |
|
03/02/00 |
Some Net
alliances pose market peril |
Internet, antitrust, collusion |
|
02/27/00 |
How
human nature and politics can muddy national public works |
benefit cost analysis, environment,
Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River |
|
02/20/00 |
Cyanide spill
points out need for nations to cooperate on environment |
environment, international
pollution, externalities, Eastern Europe |
|
02/13/00 |
Instead of
handing out rebate, why not cut back state sales tax? |
budget surplus, sales taxes,
regressivity, income taxes |
|
02/09/00 |
Productivity:
Often ignored, always important |
productivity, innovation, economic
growth |
|
02/06/00 |
Looking
at societal changes helps cut through rhetoric on income disparities |
income distribution,
unions,
minimum wage, inequality |
|
01/30/00 |
Hatch making
same mistake as Latin America |
Mike Hatch, HMOs, Latin America,
role of government |
|
01/23/00 |
In
discussing income inequality, understand the nature of the data |
income distribution, Current
Population Survey, inequality |
|
01/16/00 |
Environmental improvements require complex
give-and-take |
environment, externalities,
Mississippi River, GMOs |
|
01/09/00 |
Cost of living
adjustments are based on false assumptions |
Cost of Living, Consumer Price
Index, Social Security |
| 01/02/00 |
Skepticism aside, idea
of new economic era is a pleasing one |
New economy, James Glassman, Kevin Hassett,
William Sahlman |
|
12/26/99 |
Taxation
of milk raises vexing questions about role of government in a democracy |
dairy policy, taxation |
|
12/19/99 |
In
examining Social Security, fairness is in eye of beholder |
Social Security, Medicare, HMOs, |
| 12/12/99 |
19th-century activist could
provide lesson to misguided trade protesters |
WTO, NAFTA, international trade, Richard Cobden,
civil disobedience |
| 12/05/99 |
There's no need to fret over
effect of China's entry into trade group |
China, WTO, GATT,
|
|
11/28/99 |
Brilliant
people, investment by government bring new technology |
technology, innovation, Jim Clark,
Zvi Griliches, Tim Berners-Lee |
| 11/21/99 |
Coca-Cola needs to master
simple lessons about price discrimination |
Coca Cola, price discrimination |
| 11/14/99 |
Maybe money supply, not
inflation, is the real question faced by Fed |
Federal Reserve, monetary policy, inflation, FOMC |
| 11/07/99 |
Donation or sale of body
parts central issue of conscience, ethics |
health policy, organ donation |
| 10/31/99 |
It's time to stop
confusing investors with meaningless market numbers |
stock markets, stock indexes, Consumer Price
Index |
| 10/24/99 |
To improve health care,
remove tax-exempt status for benefits |
health policy, taxes |
| 10/17/99 |
Despite comments
now, Greenspan contributed to Social Security woes |
Social security, Greenspan, baby boom |
| 10/14/99 |
Nobel laureate has proved
his economic relevance |
Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize, optimal currency
area, European Union |
| 10/10/99 |
Are numerous, lengthy
lawsuits against industry going too far? |
lawsuits, litigation, Ronald Coase, equity,
efficiency |
| 10/02/99 |
U.S. industries need
to remember the foreign customer is always right |
foreign trade, WTO, auto industry |
| 10/01/99 |
Greenspan's oral
circumvention is cerebral fribble |
Greenspan, monetary policy, Federal Reserve |
| 09/26/99 |
Retiring from the
Fed would be good for Greenspan, good for the country |
Greenspan, Federal Reserve, monetary policy |
| 09/19/99 |
Trivial side issues mask
real story of whether Western aid is effective |
foreign aid, Eastern Europe, USAID, IMF |
| 09/12/99 |
Propping up
commodity prices isn't the way to save family farms |
farm policy, price supports, ag imports &
exports |