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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Limits fo Economics
Blog post on limits to economics - calls out DSGE models inparticular.
Blinder on What is the Matter with Economics - good quote
Alan Blinder has a good quote in his response to "What is the Matter with Economics".
Do Safer Banks Mean Less Growth
Mark Thoma has an article on CBS on whether safer banks mean less growth.
Connection of QE to Great Depression
This blog post has a lot of good summaries of QE and how it is similar to going off the gold standard during the Great Depression.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Return of the Gold
The New York Times has a good article about the rise in gold by nations around the world.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Game Theory and selecting students for school
The New York Times has a good article on how economists used Game Theory to improve New York City's school selection process.
Friday, December 5, 2014
World Bank does Behavioral Economics
The new World Bank Development Report looks at Behavioral Economics applied to economic development.
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