- Pointing out how the safety net caught a lot of people during the economic downturn (over on the NYT Economix blog).
- Considering that the Fed might be talking about reeling in stimulus too soon.
- Advising Ben Bernanke to go Zen to calm the jittery markets (and asking OTE’ers to submit their own ideas!).
- Looking at the benefits of full employment, benefits that are sorely lacking from our persistently slack job market.
- On Greg Mankiw’s piece defending the top 1%: showing why it’s a mistake to confuse the top 1% with the college wage premium and explaining that income inequality is far from benign.
- Noting that smarter immigration reform would shift the enforcement locus from the border to the workplace.
- Emphasizing the importance of checking your methodology in economic research.
- Connecting economic uncertainty, Albert Hirschman’s “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” economics, and Mozart’s strict composition parameters.