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Published	Headline	Keywords
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	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	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	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