Archive for March, 2009
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Today at work, I received a docking station for my Lenovo T61 laptop. But you can tell it is not IBM that is making these systems any more. Behold the warning slip of paper in the box (emphasis added): Docking Station for Lenovo ThinkPad Notebook PC is for use only. AC Adapter of Lenovo ThinkPad [...]
The AIG bonuses now being debated in Congress and everywhere else represent about .001 percent of annual GDP. If a typical Congressman spent that fraction of a 2000 hour work year on the topic, it would consume only about 1 minute of his or her time.Ye…
This is an amusing story, good for generating class discussion. As I understand it, here are the facts:1. Comedian Jay Leno takes his show to Michigan to help “not just the autoworkers — anybody out of work in Detroit.”2. He gives away tickets for fre…
Instead of a flat tax, a flatulence tax:Proposals to tax the flatulence of cows and other livestock have been denounced by farming groups in the Irish Republic and Denmark. A cow tax of €13 per animal has been mooted in Ireland, while Denmark is disc…
As the Washington Times reports, Paul Krugman has not accepted my proposed wager.
The latest research from John F. Cogan, Tobias Cwik, John B. Taylor, and Volker Wieland:New Keynesian versus Old Keynesian Government Spending MultipliersRenewed interest in fiscal policy has increased the use of quantitative models to evaluate policy….
