Pages

▼
Friday, January 18, 2019

Trump, Year Two: The Economic Record

›
When President Trump took office January 20, 2017, I asked "What if Trump Skeptics, Like Me, Turn Out to be Wrong?  I wrote then: If ...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

How Does China's Higher GDP Translate into National Power?

›
Depending on what exchange rate you use for comparing GDP, China either already has a larger GDP than the US (using a purchasing power parit...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

What Message is the Beveridge Curve Sending?

›
The Bureau of Labor Statistics writes :  "The Beveridge Curve ... plots the job openings rate with respect to the unemployment rate....
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The Flynn Effect (Rising IQ Scores Over Time) Reverses

›
The "Flynn effect" refers to a pattern observed by James Flynn, a professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. It points o...
Monday, January 14, 2019

What if Most Americans Don't Care That Deeply about Trade?

›
"In fact, recent public opinion polling uniformly reveals that, first, foreign trade and globalization are generally popular, and in fa...
Friday, January 11, 2019

A Global Human Capital Index

›
Finding ways for people to be healthier and better-educated is both a useful goal in itself, and also an investment that increases future ec...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Daniel Kahneman: "People Don't Want to be Happy"

›
The great utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham famously argued that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the ...