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"A Breakthrough in the Fight against Hunger"
Jeff Sachs seems relatively pleased and cautiously optimistic: A breakthrough in the fight against hunger, by Jeffrey D Sachs, Commentary, Project Syndicate: The G-8’s $20bn initiative on smallholder agriculture, launched… Read more »
One Dog, Two Dog, Red Dog, Blue Dog
Robert Waldmann explains Basic Football Terminology: To Red Dog (alternative phrase for to blitz): Linebacker crosses line of scrimmage attempting to sack opposing quarterback. Often works, sometimes risky. Shows that… Read more »
Should Bernanke Be Reappointed?
Nouriel Roubini says: Ben Bernanke ... deserves to be reappointed. Both the conventional and unconventional decisions made by this scholar of the Great Depression prevented the Great Recession of 2008-2009… Read more »
links for 2009-07-26
Why markets can’t cure healthcare - Paul Krugman Antitrust Chief Hits Resistance in Crackdown - NYTimes.com Glenn Rudebusch vs. John Taylor - Brad DeLong Easterly's Had It for a Long… Read more »
links for 2009-08-02
Good News on Malaria Control - Scientific American Failure of the EMH - John Quiggen Good News and Bad News from the GDP release - Econbrowser How a Little Inflation… Read more »
Social Insurance and the Severity of Recessions
The question of how bad would economic conditions be right now if there had been no stimulus package and no financial bailout is receiving considerable attention. There's no way to… Read more »
Plain Vanilla Mortgages
Should the government mandate that lenders offer "plain vanilla" mortgage contracts as an option?: Thaler Responds to Posner on Consumer Protection, by Paul Solman: Paul Solman: Earlier this month, I… Read more »
links for 2009-08-01
Debunking decoupling - voxeu.org America’s healthcare should no longer be tied to jobs - FT The US saving rate: before and after 8:30 am today - News N Economics Some… Read more »
"Forecasts vs. Mechanisms in Economics"
Putting up another post all too quickly between conference sessions: Forecasts vs mechanisms in economics, by Chris Dillow: This discussion between Edmund Conway and Andrew Lilico on the Today programme… Read more »
Paul Krugman: Health Care Realities
When it comes to health care, "government involvement is the only reason our system works at all": Health Care Realities, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: At a recent town… Read more »
