Who are the free traders?

Who are the free traders?

Paul Krugman has an odd column today, suggesting that if you are a free trader, the Democrats are historically a better bet for you.  He wr...
Almost everything you hear from POTUS candidates about trade deals is wrong

Almost everything you hear from POTUS candidates about trade deals is wrong

The new IGM Panel poll of prominent economists asks about this proposition: An important reason why many workers in Michigan and Ohio have ...
Commentary on Trump's Economics

Commentary on Trump's Economics

Alan Blinder Jon Hartley and Glenn Hubbard I don't know any mainstream economist--right, left, or center--who has good things to say abo...
More Competition

More Competition

The Stigler Center of the University of Chicago has a new blog .
The Latest from Merle Hazard

The Latest from Merle Hazard

FYI: Both Merle and Alison Brown (the banjo player) are former Ec 10 students.
From My Inbox

From My Inbox

Hillary on Outsourcing

Hillary on Outsourcing

It depends on when you ask . If you are interested in reviewing the 2004 furor over outsourcing, click here  ( published version ).
Debating the Ten Principles

Debating the Ten Principles

In the new issue of the Eastern Economic Journal , David Colander critiques the Ten Principles in my favorite textbook and concludes they a...
A Reading for the Pigou Club

A Reading for the Pigou Club

On British Columbia's carbon tax .