Real World Economics Article
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"H" Keywords Headline Published
Hamilton, Alexander Overlapping financial regulators are out of date 06/21/09
  We owe a lot to Alexander Hamilton 07/03/05
Hardin, Garrett Common property systems have uncommon results 10/26/03
Hassett, Kevin Skepticism aside, idea of new economic era is a pleasing one 01/02/00
Hatch, Mike How to reduce use of energy?  Tax it 08/13/06
  Can there be too much information? 07/27/06
  Governors can't do much to economy 06/18/06
  Hatch-Medica rift teaches economics lesson 07/21/05
  Insurance firms struggle to avoid moral hazard (part two in a two-part series) 06/30/02
"Average" drug prices need real fix (part one in a two-part series) 06/27/02
Health care is too important to be left in the hands of a single official 07/29/01
Hatch making same mistake as Latin America 01/30/00
health care reform Social Security's "payback" better than many think 09/13/09
  Bogged down by a sense of entitlement 09/06/09
  In health care debate, EU statistic is dead on arrival 07/30/09
  Something for nothing?  It's highly unlikely 07/23/09
health policy It's the GOP's turn to flip-flop on health care 12/31/09
  Even when it's personal, someone decides the cost 11/22/09
  Politicizing the health care debate serves no one 10/04/09
  Data vital to health care reform 07/31/08
  Bush health plan deserves consideration 02/04/07
  Blue Cross proposal spurs healthy debate 09/14/06
  Health care taxes are bad economics 08/20/06
  Wherever you go, introspection is valuable 02/05/06
  Tiers may unintended side effects 05/06/05
  State weighs how to ration health care 01/30/05
  Government's interest in your flu shot 10/24/04
  Candidates failing Econ 101 10/07/04
  What's true for one isn't true for all 10/03/04
  Obesity plan sparks debate over rationing 08/15/04
  Picture stents in place of pills 11/30/03
  Using common funds for the common good 11/20/03
  Health care needs change, but what's feasible? 11/02/03
  Unlikely answer for GOP 10/23/03
  Taking a shot at the question of compulsory vaccination 02/02/03
  Economics of life-or-death questions 01/16/03
  Health care is too important to be left in the hands of a single official 07/29/01
Health, auto insurance both involve tradeoffs 07/01/01
Unfair international policies go far beyond the price of pharmaceuticals 06/17/01
Weigh costs of environmental, health measures against benefits 04/01/08
Drug cost plans treat a symptom, not larger problem of health care 09/10/00
Prescription-medicine business is one of complicated economics 09/03/00
Politicians' rhetoric about changes in health care light on substance 08/27/00
Politicians deliver glib comments, but voters need to study the truth 08/20/00
Donation or sale of body parts central issue of conscience, ethics 11/07/99
To improve health care, remove tax-exempt status for benefits 10/24/99
health savings accounts Tax breaks can obscure health costs 03/27/05
Heckman, James The Nobel laureates in economics are little-known but safe choices 10/12/00
hedge funds How bad loans translated to big problems 10/05/08
  Savvy investors know hedge funds don't 09/28/06
Herstatt risk Stockwalk situation shows how quickly failure can spread 10/07/01
history What happens to the euro matters--a lot 05/13/10
  Gulf spill cancels out any irrational optimism for now 05/09/10
  Financial crises reflect political woes 01/10/10
  2010 bound to be significant to economy 01/03/10
  Past decade could belong to old era or new 12/27/09
  Economists can nudge the ship of history 12/20/09
  History shows wide-ranging reasons for recessions 03/20/08
  Bush has missed lessons of history 06/07/07
  The "not so great" often make history 04/29/07
HMOs Hatch-Medica rift teaches economics lesson 07/21/05
  Tiers may unintended side effects 05/06/05
  Preferential rates do have economic basis 07/10/03
  Health care is too important to be left in the hands of a single official 07/29/01
Health, auto insurance both involve tradeoffs 07/01/01
Politicians' rhetoric about changes in health care light on substance 08/27/00
Hatch making same mistake as Latin America 01/30/00
In examining Social Security, fairness is in eye of beholder 12/19/99
Honeywell Bonsignore's exit deal strains economic theory 08/16/01
horizontal equity Fair is fair in unemployment benefits 06/15/08
  Roseau deserves better 08/15/02
Hormats, Robert Bush has missed lessons of history 06/07/07
housing Home price survey shows economy still sputtering 05/26/10
  Penfield not the best use of federal stimulus bonds 03/25/10
  Plan could help local housing prices stabilize 03/22/09
  City's red tape ties up blighted homes 02/22/09
  When to hold, when to fold on house 09/14/08
  Mortgage giants need some home improvements 07/17/08
  Reaction to Fed's lending reins a matter of politics 07/10/08
  Expecting price swings?  They'll come 06/29/08
  In price cycles, some bound to feel squeezed 06/01/08
  Equity spending couldn't last forever 05/18/08
  Investor distaste for prepaid mortgages led to crisis 05/01/08
  When Greenspan opens his mouth, critics chew him up 04/10/08
  History shows wide-ranging reasons for recessions 03/20/08
  Is Fed throwing good T-bills after bad mortgage debt? 03/13/08
  Lenders hold key to mortgage trap 03/06/08
  Subprime may be the least of it 02/17/08
  Boosting local tax deductible a bad idea 02/03/08
  Home values linked to commuting costs 01/03/08
  Mortgage play may be least bad option 12/06/07
  "Greater criminal" gets loose 12/02/07
  Leverage becomes enemy when prices fall 11/01/07
  Housing price expectations as strong on the way down 09/02/07
  Loan bailouts would be bad public policy 07/29/07
  Be judicious in applying housing data 06/10/07
  Underlying ills intensify subprime peril 03/15/07
  It's hard to put a lid on buyers' expectations 11/12/06
  Fed policy sent stocks, real estate soaring 10/05/06
  Don't blame interest rates for housing slowdown 08/31/06
  Economics, morals both factor into regulations 06/25/06
  Supply-demand effects vary by market 06/15/06
  Housing's slow cool-down eases pain 02/12/06
  Housing boom bound to run out of steam 12/18/05
  Soaring home values not necessarily good 02/17/05
  Bungalow bubble buildup 04/15/04
Hurricane Katrina Wise officials calculate risk as matter of course 02/18/10
  Disaster aid, and where it ends, is never simple 08/02/07
  Don't repeat mistakes on Gulf Coast 03/25/07
  Most charity tax breaks don't aid poor 01/15/06
  No consumer inflation yet, but pressure is building 10/23/05
  How much can we really do to minimize disaster costs? 09/08/05
  Anti-gouging actions are bad policy 09/29/05
  New Orleans culture has always been different 09/11/05
  In wake of natural disaster, economic engine will restart 09/01/05
Hurwicz, Leonid Leaders need incentives to do good 05/17/09
  Ruttan's work was a product of Midwestern roots 08/19/08
  Hurwicz's Nobel shows nice guys can finish last 10/15/07
"I" Keywords Headline Published
IMF It's a century later, but the financial crisis is the same 3/26/09
  U.S. hypocrisy shouldn't tar sound economic policies 11/06/08
  Debt relief for poor nations is just a first step 10/10/04
  The politics of debt and diplomacy 01/29/04
  Currency support comes with twists 09/25/03
  Should the Fed try to achieve inflation? 04/13/03
  Bailouts are nice, but they don't solve problems 08/18/02
Argentina needs to face deeply embedded problems 01/13/02
Argentines aren't learning right lessons from debacle 01/06/02
A call to share the global wealth 10/04/00
When free speech disrupts events, a democratic society pays costs 07/30/00
Trivial side issues mask real story of whether Western aid is effective 09/19/99
World Bank, IMF emerged from the exigencies of war 04/16/00
immigration Don't expect too much from immigration legislation 05/24/07
  Weighing the costs of justice 12/28/06
  Immigration reform complex 12/14/06
  Time to give thanks for immigrants 11/23/06
  As information flows, do does immigration 05/18/06
  Globally immigrants go where the work is 04/13/06
  Immigration a fact of our democracy 04/06/06
  Immigration debate to simplistic 12/29/05
  Like scissors, issues have two sides 07/11/04
  Immigration argument needs work 01/15/04
incentives Job retraining pays off for society.  But is it fair? 03/18/10
  Kicking the tires on "cash for clunkers" 06/28/09
  In breeding, as in investment, select carefully 03/12/09
  Social Security needs new incentives 06/08/08
  Globally immigrants go where the work is 04/13/06
  Strike balance with eminent domain laws 04/02/06
  Raise pay for troops in combat 07/17/05
  Reserves, recruits, returns 07/08/04
  Moral hazard gets personal after storm 05/16/04
  Liability in limbo wastes resources 02/12/04
  Incentives often bring demand shifts 01/04/04
  Incentives aren't only motivators 08/21/03
  Humped flatbeds signal doom for Fidel's regime 04/06/03
  Acknowledge the tradeoffs, then tackle the negatives 03/09/03
  Truth for ethanol co-ops:  Incentives have consequences 01/26/03
  University athletics does follow economic incentives 4/14/02
Sorting out government aid to business 01/31/02
People respond to incentives--sometimes a little too well 07/22/01
income distribution Despite abundance, humans look for more 08/24/03
  Government actions take from poor, give to rich 07/06/03
  Looking at societal changes helps cut through rhetoric on income disparities 02/06/00
In discussing income inequality, understand the nature of the data 01/23/00
income taxes State's tax rate is just one factor in migration 05/22/05
  Tax rate lower than many think 05/19/05
  Don't blame it on forecasts 02/28/02
A primer on taxes, just in time for the next legislative session 12/17/00
Instead of handing out rebate, why not cut back state sales tax? 02/13/00
inelastic demand A strategic dilemma for organic farmers 02/08/09
  Mother Nature has final word on crop profits 07/23/06
inequality Looking at societal changes helps cut through rhetoric on income disparities 02/06/00
In discussing income inequality, understand the nature of the data 01/23/00
inflation Another inflation hawk is just fine 04/29/10
  Fed needs to rethink extending low interest rates 03/04/10
  Fed walking the wire between recovery, inflation 02/11/10
  Political parties don't define Keynesians 08/09/09
  In price cycles, some bound to feel squeezed 06/01/08
  Sometimes, our money illusions are shocking 05/25/08
  Rate cuts help borrowers, hurt savers 05/04/08
  Surging food, fuel prices cloud inflation picture 04/27/08
  Lessons of the great inflation 02/10/08
  Inflation does not create itself 09/30/07
  Few seem to know, care that inflation is a tax 09/16/07
  Be careful what you wish for 06/21/07
  It's hard to put a lid on buyers' expectations 11/12/06
  Fed is shielded from politicking 07/20/06
  Mixed signals makes Fed's job harder 05/28/06
  Do signs point to inflation?  Time will tell 04/16/06
  No consumer inflation yet, but pressure is building 10/23/05
  Don't be the farm on rising inflation 03/31/05
  Money supply is root of all inflation 09/19/04
  "Normal" price notions are rarely rational 01/25/04
  It's the economy 06/19/03
  Should the Fed try to achieve inflation? 04/13/03
  Avoiding rate traps 10/04/01
Right now, theories are solid, but limited in capabilities 09/30/01
The Fed funds rate is not the prime, T-bill or mortgage rate 05/20/01
Lost labor's impact 06/03/01
Maybe money supply, not inflation, is the real question faced by Fed 11/14/99
Oil price shock need not cause inflation 03/17/00
information Internet's true impact is a long way off 08/28/08
  Data vital to health care reform 07/31/08
  Decision to disclose information can enter gray area 10/25/07
  Absolute or relative numbers?  It depends 04/15/07
  "Demand shifters" hurt newspapers 11/05/06
  Can there be too much information? 07/27/06
  Drug-plan confusion wastes resources 07/13/06
  As information flows, do does immigration 05/18/06
  IT empowers regular folks 01/12/06
  Rankings provide information, but not all information is equal 08/26/01
innovation Economies must let companies fail 10/18/01
Sign of a creative, thriving economy: Many high-tech firms are sure to fail 03/19/00
Productivity: Often ignored, always important 02/09/00
Brilliant people, investment by government bring new technology 11/28/99
insurance industry Even when it's personal, someone decides the cost 11/22/09
  Price discrimination:  Free market at work 11/15/09
  Good information crucial to competition 02/26/09
  Flood insurance can be muddy issue 09/06/07
  Don't repeat mistakes on Gulf Coast 03/25/07
  Blue Cross proposal spurs healthy debate 09/14/06
  Health insurance is different, but why? 10/13/05
  In rare cases, crime pays for society 06/26/05
  Which insurance fees are fair? 08/26/04
  Preferential rates do have economic basis 07/10/03
  Insurance firms struggle to avoid moral hazard (part two in a two-part series) 06/30/02
international pollution Cyanide spill points out need for nations to cooperate on environment 02/20/00
international trade In trade dispute, China more wrong than U.S. 12/06/09
  High commodity prices revive argument over what's best for poor nations 06/05/08
  GDP data easily misunderstood 06/28/07
  Ignore inane trade-balance rhetoric 06/17/07
  China textile tax illustrates flaws in trade 12/09/04
  Rules are rules, even in trade fights 12/05/04
  Digital divide talk hides the real problem 06/27/04
  Import teaching tool 04/29/04
  You can trade steel, but not haircuts 04/25/04
  Free trade trade-offs always pay off 02/05/04
  Leaders need background in trade realities 12/14/04
  Talk about trade talks obscures important issues 10/12/03
  Free trade is good for business, good for people 09/29/02
  Trade with Cuba could speed reform 09/26/02
  Dayton plan will hurt serious trade talks 05/16/02
U.S. account deficit will shrink one way or the other 05/05/02
One oligopolist can only do so much 04/11/02
Lotterman:   Any benefit to soybean growers would be global 03/14/02
Situations bear watching beyond terrorism hotspots 12/09/01
Foreign trade sanctions, embargoes bring minimal change to U.S. economy 04/22/01
19th-century activist could provide lesson to misguided trade protesters 12/12/99
Internet Internet's true impact is a long way off 08/28/08
  IT empowers regular folks 01/12/06
  Are broadband Internet connections a "public good?" 01/13/05
  Internet tax issues tangles 11/13/03
  Change hurts some as it helps many 03/21/02
The New Internet Economy:  How Big? 05/21/00
Some Net alliances pose market peril 03/02/00
investments Your turn, healthy regional investment banks 10/12/08
  Savvy investors know hedge funds don't 09/28/06
  It's time for the truth in mutual funds 12/28/03
  Be content with average market performance 08/11/02
Doing the right thing doesn't cost more 07/14/02
Instead of 401(k) limits, overall review is needed 12/23/01
Enron episode teaches investors to act like parents 12/16/01
Iraq war Tough to learn right lessons from mistake 08/21/08
  Bush has missed lessons of history 06/07/07
  Principal-agent problem plagues U.S. in Iraq 04/18/07
  Ignoring past costs often leads to a brighter future 02/15/07
  Let's put "fixed lump" to rest 09/07/06
  Fair pay, and gratitude 11/24/05
  The human costs of war outweigh all others 02/24/05
  Wartime is a good time for central planning 02/03/05
  Iraqi economy a huge challenge 11/11/04
  Reserves, recruits, returns 07/08/04
  Cost opportunity applies beyond economics 08/17/03
  Speaking freely can come at a cost to income 04/20/03
  Is the president's war budget realistic? 03/27/03
  Uncertainty is certain 03/20/03
  What would war with Iraq do to the U.S. economy? 03/16/03
irrational exuberance Only winner in Madoff's scheme:  Behavioral economics 12/18/08
  Crisis would be Minsky's moment 11/09/08
"J" Keywords Headline Published
Japan Economic downturn affects savings at all levels 05/14/09
  History shows wide-ranging reasons for recessions 03/20/08
  Cure the disease, not just the symptoms 01/24/08
  Government does mad cow kow-tow 01/06/05
  Leaders need background in trade realities 12/14/04
  Deflation is not a threat as long as Fed is competent 11/03/02
  Global pressure to change policies only goes so far 02/24/02
Situations bear watching beyond terrorism hotspots 12/09/01
j-curve effect Strong dollar not always beneficial 03/02/03
judiciary How should nation rule on judges' pay? 01/14/07
junk bonds Sub-prime lending bears watching 08/30/01
"K" Keywords Headline Published
Kahneman, Daniel Money only buys so much happiness 12/03/06
Keynes, John Maynard Tracing the impact of appliance rebate isn't easy 03/07/10
  Creating jobs is not as easy as some people think 02/14/10
  Economists can nudge the ship of history 12/20/09
  Bankers' reluctance to make loans is understandable:  Defaults 12/17/09
  A true supply-side candidate is a rare commodity 11/12/09
  The "paradox of thrift" will hut now--but help later 09/10/09
  Political parties don't define Keynesians 08/09/09
  Kicking the tires on "cash for clunkers" 06/28/09
  Stimulus needed, however it's spent 02/01/09
  Stimulus could "crowd in" private sector spending 01/08/09
  To spree, or not to spree 01/31/08
  Bush can't be Keynesian supply-sider 09/23/07
  States can't alter slowdowns 04/05/07
  Mounting debt defies theories 02/08/07
  Nobel laureate revitalized Keynesian theory 10/12/06
  Fed right to reject "Keynesianism," raise key rate 05/05/05
  Bush can't have it both ways on economy 09/02/04
  The politics of debt and diplomacy 01/29/04
  Rules or discretion?  Monetary policy debate persists 09/14/03
  Separating silliness from sense in economic plans 01/12/03
  Fiscal "boatload" now needs bailing out 12/05/02
  Bush didn't build the bubble and he didn't burst it, either 10/13/02
  Economist Tobin had rare Keynesian policy success 03/17/02
Look to Washington for macroeconomics lesson 01/20/02
Right now, theories are solid, but limited in capabilities 09/30/01
The Fed can't save the market 03/15/01
You can tune a piano, but not an economy 02/18/01
Klobuchar, Sen. Amy Klobuchar carbon bill is a sound step 05/20/07
  Neither Senate hopeful has grasp of economics 11/02/06
Kneese, Allen Economist's uncommon sense is key to solving energy problems 04/01/01
Knight, Frank Uncertainty is casting pall on businesses, consumers 11/17/01
Kocherlakota, Narayana Another inflation hawk is just fine 04/29/10
KPMG Make penalty match profit 11/23/03
Kydland, Finn U.S. bailout actions speak far louder than words 02/18/10
Kyoto Protocal Want to help environment?  Shut up and do something 04/01/07
  Choices not as simple as good vs. bad 09/25/05
  U.S. should propose alternative to Kyoto Protocol 09/15/02
"L" Keywords Headline Published
labor markets Nobel winner's euro criteria mostly unmet 02/21/10
  Social Security needs new incentives 06/08/08
  Let's put "fixed lump" to rest 09/07/06
  Give the CEO a raise?  All in favor say "aye" 06/11/06
  Wherever you go, introspection is valuable 02/05/06
  Immigration debate to simplistic 12/29/05
  When labor grows faster than capital 09/04/05
  Free trade trade-offs always pay off 02/05/04
  The work behind jobless figures 01/22/04
  Immigration argument needs work 01/15/04
  Pay alternatives often involve harsh choices 09/21/03
  Population counts when analyzing economic issues 08/31/03
  Labor lessons of port lockout 10/10/02
  Law of supply and demand also applies to the job market 07/07/02
California ban on pulling weeds tugs at larger issues 04/07/02
Similar industries--different views of imports 03/31/02
Change hurts some as it helps many 03/21/02
Hungry inherit the work 02/21/02
Long-run projections are often misleading, even silly 12/02/01
Minnesota can weather the storm 10/25/01
In public sphere, setting wages is a tricky business 10/14/01
Strikes up but still relatively rare 09/06/01
Putting a cap on salaries, fees doesn't work in tight labor market 08/19/01
land prices Farm, mine sectors pack less punch 02/07/08
  Don't be the farm on rising inflation 03/31/05
Latin America Ruttan's work was a product of Midwestern roots 08/19/08
  High commodity prices revive argument over what's best for poor nations 06/05/08
  The politics of debt and diplomacy 01/29/04
  Trade with Cuba could speed reform 09/26/02
  Bailouts are nice, but they don't solve problems 08/18/02
Reports of world events provide valuable instruction in economics 03/25/01
Bush's agriculture rhetoric obscures harsh trade outlook for U.S. farmers 03/18/01
Secret of United States' success:   We don't depend on strong leaders 11/05/00
Real estate taxes troublesome, but they're part of who we are 03/26/00
Hatch making same mistake as Latin America 01/30/00
law of one price Some work just can't be outsourced 02/06/05
lawsuits What is government's role in public safety? 07/26/07
  Sometimes, good law is bad economics 07/02/06
  We spend plenty on trials but little for victims 11/17/02
  Daily life delivers its share of risks, but any response involves trade-offs 10/29/00
As long as the demand still burns, someone will be making cigarettes 07/23/00
Are numerous, lengthy lawsuits against industry going too far? 10/10/99
Levitt, Steve Beyond "Freakonomics" 12/22/05
life expectancy Life expectancy misunderstood 07/16/00
Lindsey, Lawrence Snow has tough policy to sell, swallow 12/12/02
  Bush appointee Lindsey is best described as supply-side economist 01/07/01
litigation Economist view of booya hoo-ha 12/18/03
  We spend plenty on trials but little for victims 11/17/02
  As long as the demand still burns, someone will be making cigarettes 07/23/00
Are numerous, lengthy lawsuits against industry going too far? 10/10/99
local government Deciding at what level to tax and spend means tradeoffs 12/29/02
  Real estate taxes troublesome, but they're part of who we are 03/26/00
logical positivism Life lessons color economists' views 09/08/02
Los Alamos Los Alamos disaster illustrates concept of 'moral hazard' 05/28/00
Lucas, Robert Hog prices and office rents show irrationality in action 09/22/02