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China’s Medicines are Saving American Lives

The Economist reports that China is now the second largest producer of new pharmaceuticals, after the United States. China has long been known for churning

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Public Choice Outreach Conference!

The annual Public Choice Outreach Conference is a crash course in public choice. The conference is designed for undergraduates and graduates in a wide variety

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Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Two Amazingly Stupid Ideas

About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to

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Visits to the Doctor, Per Year

The number of times people visit the doctor per year varies tremendously across OECD countries from a low of 2.9 in Chile to a high

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I talk with Filippo Gaddo

Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to keep in

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Games we played

I always loved games and card games, and they played a big role in family life.  It was one activity that everyone, including my grandmother,

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Regime Uncertainty

Robert Higgs coined the term regime uncertainty to illustrate the challenge faced by business under Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, when a flurry of unpredictable legislation

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Reinversion Continues | Econbrowser

End of week  spreads: Figure 1: 10yr-3mo Treasury spread (blue, left scale), 10yr-2yr Treasury spread (red, left scale), both in %; VIX at close (green,

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It’s Happening!

Waymo factory in Phoenix, AZ. 2000 cars and counting. Hat tip: Brian Potter. The post It’s Happening! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link

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A Fed Inflation Credibility Index under Trump

Using 5 year ahead inflation expectations from the Michigan survey, not so much erosion in Trump 1.0. Trump 2.0 so far is another story. Figure