Economists Overrated?

The New York Times tries to answer the question as part of its Room-for-Debate series.

Good of Finance

The Atlantic Monthly has a good interview with economist Luigi Zingales about "Does Finance Do Any Good for Society?"

FDR Revaluing Gold and QE - Effective Policy

Macro and Other Market Musings has a good post on Roosevelt's revaluing of gold in 1933 and its stimulative effect on the economy.

Popularity of Economists

The Upshot has a column on the high popularity of Economists in popular media.

World IMF Outlook - Goof Graphics

The IMF has its new World Outlook - good graphics

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.

Return of the Gold

The New York Times has a good article about the rise in gold by nations around the world.

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.

World Bank does Behavioral Economics

The new World Bank Development Report looks at Behavioral Economics applied to economic development.

Quantitative Easing Graphic

Good graphic from Mint.com about how Quantitative Easing Works.

John Taylor - Two Sides of the Taylor Rule

John Taylor has a good blog post about the Taylor Rule and how it is about both inflation and output - and that the output part has broken down.

QE is dead.... Long live QE

The Upshot column in the New York Times has a good summary of QE - with charts.