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links for 2009-07-29
Regulator Weighs Limits on Some Energy Trades - NYTimes.com The Mysterious Downfall of the Neandertals - Scientific American Health Care Reform and the Unpopular T-Word - NYTimes.com Health Insurance Exchanges… Read more »
Where are the Technocratic Institutions?
Brad DeLong wonders why the response to the financial crisis hasn't included technocratic institutions to limit executive power: Conservative Interventionism, by J. Bradford DeLong, Commentary, Project Syndicate: At this stage… Read more »
Equity and Efficiency in Health Care Markets
This is an attempt to clarify a few of the remarks I've made over the last several days regarding the need for government intervention in health care markets. There are… Read more »
What's the Matter with the Blue Dogs?
Jacob Hacker wonders why the Blue Dogs oppose health care reform that could provide significant help to their constituents: Health Care for the Blue Dogs, by Jacob S. Hacker, Commentary… Read more »
Interconnectedness and the Distribution of Default Risk
I was asked what went wrong that caused economists to miss the financial crisis. For me, a key part of it was the belief in the risk distribution model. Let… Read more »
links for 2009-07-28
Should Bernanke be reappointed? - Marginal Revolution The despicable Ben Stein - Felix Salmon Janet Yellen for Fed Chair? - Barkley Rosser The Gates-Crowley Saga - Robin Wells The Legal… Read more »
Update to "A Breakthrough in the Fight against Hunger"
The post "A Breakthrough in the Fight against Hunger" summarizes Jeff Sachs' favorable view of the G-8’s $20bn initiative on smallholder agriculture (e.g. to provide assistance buying seed and fertilizer… Read more »
Adverse Selection
With health care reform in the news, there's been quite a bit of talk about adverse selection and the degree to which it is actually a problem in health care… Read more »
Paul Krugman: An Incoherent Truth
Paul Krugman rubs Blue Dog noses in the pile of incoherence they left in the House: An Incoherent Truth, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Right now the fate of… Read more »
links for 2009-07-27
Are Unemp Stats Meaningless? Are Spillover Effects Zero? - Econbrowser The Future of Universal Health Care, as of Now - Robert Reich A New Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China… Read more »
