Politics Roundtable

Politics Roundtable

Political blogs of interest to economists.

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"Thoughts on Politics, Economics, and the Culture by William Sjostrom, an American Economist Living and Working in Ireland”


July 23, 2008, 8:33 am, 324021
Gracie Allen was one of the funniest people of the last century. Her basic routine was simple in principle but...


July 23, 2008, 10:29 am, 324020
A woman in Chicago has been charged with first degree murder for smothering her new born son. The teenage mother...


July 21, 2008, 12:18 pm, 322736
In all the fuss over what Maliki meant, whether he favored Obama's position and whether this is evidence of the...


July 18, 2008, 12:22 pm, 321799
On July 29, 1977, the AEI held a forum on academia and politics, chaired by John Charles Daly, and including...


July 18, 2008, 6:00 am, 321640
Michael Meacher, a British MP, complains in the Guardian that there is no accountability in the British government. I am...


July 18, 2008, 8:23 am, 321639
At the beginning of this week, Charlie Brooker of the Guardian wrote an entertaining piece on nutty conspiracy nuts. Today,...


July 18, 2008, 8:58 am, 321638
Mary Robinson is known for her views favoring restricting arms sales. What would she say to these Burmese monks, in...


July 17, 2008, 5:55 am, 320941
The polling company MORI has done a survey on, among other things, internet use in the United Kingdom and in...


July 17, 2008, 8:37 am, 320940
John McCain gave a speech yesterday to the NAACP, with a focus on education. We learn something useful:If I am...


July 17, 2008, 5:41 am, 320882
Pretty much so. Here is the relevant bit of an AP story today. HOBART, Ind. (AP) — Police officer Tim...