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Economists, defend thyselves!

I remember vividly my first day taking a class on Soviet politics in college. The class began in August, 1991. The Soviet Union was collapsing before our eyes. By the end of the semester, it would be gone. That first...

Where do we go from here?

Our afternoon session at the economic bloggers forum has been especially lively. That’s because we’re talking about how the hell we can get out of this mess. What’s the economy going to look like next year? In 5 years? In...

Reg-you-lay-shun

Our economic blogging conference has broken into smaller groups for lunch, and the session I’m attending is called “The Fate of Finance.” The moderator, Robert Litan of Kauffman and Brookings, pointed the discussion toward regulation, which he says will be...

Is Journalism Dead?

That’s the title of the seminar I’m in right now at the Kauffman Foundation. It began with a speech from former Boston Globe writer David Warsh, who proclaimed that printed newspapers are not going away. He said there will always...

If it quacks like a duck...

At this economic bloggers conference I’m attending, we had a discussion last night about how no one in charge will say the word “nationalization.” It’s obviously a politically potent word. But then I wake up this morning to read about...

I may need some face wipes

I’m heading to a battle of the barbecues tonight here in KC. It’s being hosted by well-known economic blogger Tyler Cowen. His blog, Marginal Revolution, is always good reading. But before I get my face messy, I thought you might...

Kansas City, here I come

I’m off to KC today for a conference on economic blogging. It’s being sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, which focuses on entrepreneurship. I’m looking forward to discussing issues like this one: How does blogging affect the economic debate? I’ll post...

Will there be blood?

I just read a very compelling interview with respected Harvard historian Niall Ferguson. Here’s the interview by the Toronto Globe and Mail, and here’s a synopsis of it. Ferguson’s picture of the near-future is even uglier than most....

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