Economics Roundtable
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Hypothetical Bias (John Whitehead)
Asian Inflation Begins to Sting U.S. Shoppers:
The free ride for American consumers is ending. For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries ??? first Japan and Korea, then China, and now increasingly places like Vietnam ...
Has any instructor other than me found that the Mankiw website is impossible to navigate? This makes the promised instructional resources impossible to find and integrate into one's course.
I'm discouraged.
From the Morganton News Herald (The Worst of Times), Mark Strazizich forecasts the probability:
"I don't think we're ever going to see another Depression," Strazicich said.
Here is the full Strazizich section:
Could it happen again?
Whether the country is in a recession depends ...
From the Morganton News Herald (The Worst of Times), Mark Strazizich forecasts the probability:
"I don't think we're ever going to see another Depression," Strazicich said.
Here is the full Strazizich section:
Could it happen ...
Has any instructor other than me found that the Mankiw website is impossible to navigate? This makes the promised instructional resources impossible to find and integrate into one's course.
I'm discouraged.
Asian Inflation Begins to Sting U.S. Shoppers:
The free ride for American consumers is ending. For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries — first Japan and Korea, then China, and now increasingly places like Vietnam ...
The Fed's Press Release:
The Federal Reserve on Sunday announced two initiatives designed to bolster market liquidity and promote orderly market functioning. Liquid, well-functioning markets are essential for the promotion of economic growth.
First, the Federal Reserve Board voted unanimously to authorize the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to ...
I figured out how to save my lecture notes as a PDF file. Here they are from Wed, March 26. Will someone please tell my department chair and dean that I need to be removed from the classroom?
Tonight I'm following a mini-max strategy. I'm pulling for the team/coach I dislike least (UofL/Pitino). From the Daily Fix:
The matchup between Louisville and Tennessee comes lots of talk about the men on the sidelines: the Cardinals??? Rick Pitino and the Volunteers??? Bruce Pearl.
In the Lexington Herald-Leader, ...
The Fed has added 3 new monetary policy tools on their webpage. Numbers 1-3 are in every economics textbook. Number 4 was new back in February when I first checked with my macro class. Numbers 5 and 6 were added in March.
Open Market ...