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The thermodynamics of energy storage
One of the big problems with any renewable energy source comes in syncing the production with demand. Wind for example produces power when the wind blows. That is not always… Read more »
Voters' Preferences are Not One-Dimensional (by Don Boudreaux)
Here's a letter that I sent today to the Wall Street Journal: John Fund's review of Alvin Stephen Felzenberg's "The Leaders We Deserved" is superb (July 29). But it's not… Read more »
What's Getting Cheaper?
While we were all talking about record high commodities prices, the prices of some products have gone into free fall. University of Michigan economist Mark Perry compiled a short list… Read more »
The Gas Tax and the New Economics of Shame
My gas tax challenge still remains unanswered: Try to find any coherent economist willing to support Senator John McCain's proposed gas tax holiday. In May, George Stephanopoulos posed my challenge… Read more »
Should H.U.D. Really Be Dismantled?
In a Times Op-Ed Friday, my co-author (and regular blog contributor) Sudhir Venkatesh argues that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.) has outlived its useful life. The Chicago… Read more »
Go Prudents!
Oklahoma City will soon be home to an N.B.A. team, the former Seattle SuperSonics. The new team will probably be called the Thunder, but other name candidates include the Barons… Read more »
Why Do Mortgage Brokers Get Paid Everything Up Front?
Blog reader Chris Harris raises an interesting question in an email to us: Why do mortgage brokers get paid everything up front when they originate a deal? This sort of… Read more »
There's No Free Lunch, or Money
Lord knows most people are not as financially literate as they should be. But that doesn't mean we have to see financial illiteracy even when it doesn't exist. In Britain… Read more »
Tyler for a Moment (by Don Boudreaux)
The following is self-indulgent of me -- for this isn't my forte as it is Tyler's -- but Cafe patron Jeanne e-mailed me today to ask my "five favorite songs… Read more »
