Jan 25 Rising Inequality: Don’t Blame the Robots By Paul Solman Robots work on 2008 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUV frames on the assembly line at Ford Motor Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, Mich. Photo by Rebecca Cook/REUTERS. Paul Solman: Dean Baker thinks economic inequality is our fault. Baker, who… Continue reading
Jan 24 Notes From Davos, Day Two: UK Reconsiders Relationship With EU A view of the city of Davos, Switzerland, venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Jan. 21, 2013. Photo by Pascal Lauener/REUTERS. I've just come in off the hushed streets, a light snow is falling in the crisp… Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch What’s So Funny About Making Monetary Policy? What's So Funny About Making Monetary Policy?… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Is China’s Fast-Growing Economy Headed for a Crash? Will the Chinese economy continue its torrid pace of growth and overtake the U.S.'s top status? Or is it a bubble destined to burst, taking the world economy down with it? Paul Solman interviews a highly-respected China "bull" and a… Continue watching
Jan 24 D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines Yesterday we featured the econo-comedy of stand-up economist Yoram Bauman at this year's annual convention of dismal scientists. Today we present a few more snippets from the convention's comedy session. Emceeing was University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee, a… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Austan Goolsbee, D.C.’s Funniest Economist Austan Goolsbee, D.C.'s Funniest Economist… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines… Continue watching
Jan 23 D.C.’s Funniest Celebrity: More Economics Comedy Routines By Paul Solman Yesterday we featured the econo-comedy of stand-up economist Yoram Bauman at this year's annual convention of dismal scientists. Today we present a few more snippets from the convention's comedy session. Emceeing was University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee, a… Continue reading
Jan 23 Hyperinflation in Hell: An Economics Comedy Routine Video courtesy of Yoram Bauman. Known as "the dismal science" for a reason that is itself dismal, economics has a tradition of humor long reliant on a few stock, self-deprecating jokes. A physicist, chemist and economist are… Continue reading