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Friday, November 13, 2020

Extraordinary Spending in the 2020 Campaign

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When you want information about campaign spending, the place to turn is the Open Secrets website run by the Center for Responsive Politics. ...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Work/Family Balance for College-Graduate Women: From a Century Ago to the COVID Era

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Claudia Goldin delivered the 2020 Martin Feldstein Lecture at the National Bureau of Economic Research on the topic "Journey across a C...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Some Economics of Collectibles

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Collectibles is the broad name given to ownership of goods including fine art, antiques, watches and jewelry, wines classic cars, luxury han...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Revisiting March 2020: What Were Epidemiologists Thinking about Masks?

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A basic part of building credibility is not to flip-flop on your advice. But early in the pandemic, public  health authorities at first advi...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Revisiting March 2020: What Was Wrong With the Very High Early Death Estimates?

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The "curse of knowledge" refers to a well-known behavioral bias: when you know something, it's hard to remember what is was li...
Friday, November 6, 2020

Entering the Labor Market in a Recession: Some Findings and Advice

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Trying to get a job during a period of recession and high unemployment is hard for everyone, bit for those just entering the labor market fo...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Fall 2020 Journal of Economic Perspectives Online

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I am now in my 34th year as Managing Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives . The JEP is published by the American Economic Associat...