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Daily Archive for October 27th, 2016

We are All (…..) Now

Posted in Disingenuous, Economists, Methodology, Tribalism on Oct 27th, 2016

Arnold Kling relaying Noah Smith relaying the state of the economics profession. I do not disagree. In a related essay, Smith argues that the current debate in economics is between the center-left and the radical left. The New Center-Left Consensus is attractive to academics and policy wonks. It draws on an eclectic mix of mainstream […]

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Cash for Clunkers

Posted in Health Care, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Regulation on Oct 27th, 2016

Given the rise in PPACA premiums, do we get to rename the program? On a slightly more serious note, recall the vitriol spewed (ex post of course) at “economists” who for some reason were not able to predict the Great Recession. I had quipped why/whether political scientists are not, now, being excoriated for what is […]

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