December 16, 2004 to December 17, 2004
2004-2014 Archive
Becker–Posner Blog
From 2004-2014, Gary Becker and Richard Posner wrote a blog. Each week, one of the two would propose a topic and present an argument, and the other would respond.
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December 19, 2004 to December 24, 2004
Global Warming
December 27, 2004 to December 30, 2004
Disease, Population, and Economic Progress
January 16, 2005 to January 23, 2005
Tort Reform
January 23, 2005 to January 28, 2005
Is Ethnic and other Profiling Discrimination?
January 30, 2005
Gender Differences in Scientific Achievement
February 12, 2005
Social Security Posner
February 13, 2005 to February 19, 2005
Medicare Reform
February 21, 2005 to February 26, 2005
Immigration Reform
February 27, 2005
University Governance
March 12, 2005 to March 19, 2005
Judicial Term Limits
March 16, 2005
Freedom
March 20, 2005 to March 26, 2005
The Failure of the War on Drugs
March 27, 2005
Bankruptcy Reform
March 27, 2005
Legalizing Drugs
April 3, 2005 to April 10, 2005
China's Economic Future
April 10, 2005
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
April 17, 2005 to April 23, 2005
Small Countries
April 24, 2005
Plagiarism
May 15, 2005
Posner's Response to Comments on Privacy Posting
May 15, 2005 to May 22, 2005
The Estate Tax
May 22, 2005 to May 29, 2005
Regulating the Internet
May 29, 2005
Terrorism and Poverty Posner Comment
June 12, 2005 to June 19, 2005
Retirement and Japan
June 20, 2005
Rearranging
June 20, 2005 to June 26, 2005
Wal-Mart and Employee Health Insurance
June 26, 2005 to June 27, 2005
On Eminent Domain
July 17, 2005 to July 24, 2005
Gay Marriage
July 24, 2005 to July 31, 2005
The Social Responsibility of Corporations
July 31, 2005
Islamist Violence and Immigration Policy
August 15, 2005 to August 21, 2005
Religion and the State
August 21, 2005 to August 27, 2005
On Affirmative Action
August 28, 2005
Economics of Corruption
September 11, 2005
Correction
September 11, 2005 to September 18, 2005
Katrina The Compensation Question
September 18, 2005 to September 25, 2005
Sustainable Development
September 25, 2005
Women's Careers
October 16, 2005 to October 23, 2005
Skilled Immigration
October 23, 2005 to October 31, 2005
Should Price Gouging in the Aftermath of Catastrophes Be Punished?
October 30, 2005
Should Governments Subsidize Child Care and Work Leaves?
November 13, 2005
Campaign Finance
November 13, 2005
Riots in France
November 20, 2005 to November 27, 2005
Orphan Drugs, Intellectual Property, and Social Welfare
November 20, 2005
Riots in France
November 27, 2005
Economics, Politics, and Psychology: The Case of Avian Flu
December 11, 2005 to December 18, 2005
Advertising and Obesity of Children
December 17, 2005 to December 18, 2005
Parental Obligations
December 18, 2005 to December 25, 2005
More on the Economics of Capital Punishment
January 14, 2006
Whether Organs Should be Purchased and Sold
January 15, 2006 to January 22, 2006
Tenure
January 22, 2006 to January 29, 2006
For-Profit Colleges
January 29, 2006
Hamas and Palestine
February 12, 2006 to February 13, 2006
Health Care
February 12, 2006 to February 21, 2006
Traffic Congestion
February 20, 2006 to February 26, 2006
Googling in China
February 26, 2006
Summers' Resignation
March 13, 2006
The Dubai Ports World Fiasco
March 19, 2006
Dubai Ports Controversy
March 19, 2006 to March 26, 2006
The Iraq War
March 26, 2006
The French Riots
April 9, 2006
On Lobbying and Campaign Spending
April 16, 2006
Tax Simplification and Complexity
April 23, 2006
Income Inequality
April 29, 2006
Posner's Response to Several Weeks of Comments
April 30, 2006
Responses on Taxes and Inequality
April 30, 2006
Rising Gasoline Prices
May 14, 2006 to May 27, 2006
Are CEOs Overpaid?
May 18, 2006
Moving Left in Latin America
May 21, 2006 to May 28, 2006
Illegal Immigration
May 28, 2006
On Privatizing Security
June 11, 2006 to June 18, 2006
Antiterrorism Grants
June 18, 2006
Notice
June 20, 2006 to June 26, 2006
Privatizing Highways and Infrastructure
June 26, 2006
Agricultural Subsidies
July 2, 2006
Buffett and Giving
July 9, 2006
Giving and Taxes
July 9, 2006
Turnover of High Level Public Employees
July 16, 2006 to July 17, 2006
Is the Growing Gender Gap in College Enrollments a Cause for Concern?
July 23, 2006
On Collective Punishment
July 30, 2006
Chicago's Approach to Big Boxes
July 30, 2006
The "Big Box" Minimum-Wage Ordinance Comment
August 6, 2006
Internet Gambling
August 13, 2006 to August 20, 2006
Counteracting Terrorism
August 20, 2006 to August 27, 2006
Stem-Cell Research
August 27, 2006
Doping in Sports
September 10, 2006 to September 16, 2006
Test Scores and Economic Performance
September 17, 2006 to September 24, 2006
On Identity Theft
September 24, 2006 to September 30, 2006
DDT and Malaria
September 25, 2006
Correction
October 2, 2006
The Shalala Report on Women in Science and Engineering
October 8, 2006 to October 15, 2006
Should We Worry about Overpopulation?
October 8, 2006
Taxing Fat
October 22, 2006
Is There a Case for Legalizing Polygamy?
October 29, 2006
Microfinance and Third World Poverty and Development
November 5, 2006
Crime Epidemics
November 12, 2006
Polygamy
November 12, 2006
What the Election Proves? Not Much
November 19, 2006
Milton Friedman's Ideas
November 26, 2006
On Raising the Federal Minimum Wage
December 3, 2006
Is Student Debt Too High?
December 10, 2006
World inequality
December 17, 2006 to December 24, 2006
The New York City Ban on Trans Fats
December 24, 2006
Drunk Driving
December 31, 2006
Charitable Foundations Comment
December 31, 2006
Responses on Drunken Driving and Trans Fats
January 7, 2007 to January 14, 2007
Progress in Fighting AIDS in Africa?
January 14, 2007 to January 21, 2007
Libertarian Paternalism: A Critique
January 21, 2007
Foreign Aid
January 22, 2007
Correction
January 29, 2007
Health Care Reform
February 4, 2007
Discounting Greenhouse Gas Effects in the Distant Future
February 4, 2007 to February 11, 2007
Global Warming and Discount Rates
February 11, 2007
Correction
February 11, 2007 to February 12, 2007
Sex Selection
February 19, 2007
Should Genetic Testing Be Forbidden?
February 25, 2007
The Science and Economics of Water Shortage
March 4, 2007
The Economics of Rankings
March 12, 2007
Should Marriage be Subsidized?
March 18, 2007
How to Use Pensions to Improve Judicial Tenure
March 18, 2007
Judicial Salaries
March 25, 2007 to March 26, 2007
Private Property
April 1, 2007
Is the Tort System Costing the United States $865 Billion a Year?
April 8, 2007
Employee Ownership Through ESOPS:A Bad Bargain
April 15, 2007
Health Care Reform
April 22, 2007
The Benefits of Education
April 28, 2007
Brief Response on Health Care and Tort Reform
April 29, 2007 to May 6, 2007
Protests and the Iraq War
May 6, 2007
Crime and Economic Development
May 13, 2007
Family Control of Newspapers
May 19, 2007
Notice
May 28, 2007
Immigration Reform
June 4, 2007
Ex Ante Compensation for Military Death
June 10, 2007
Women's Role in the Economy
June 17, 2007
Intelligence and Leadership
June 24, 2007
Subprime Loans
June 24, 2007
Women's Economic Role
July 8, 2007
The International Market for Talent
July 16, 2007
Hedge Funds and Rent-Seeking
July 16, 2007
Notice
July 22, 2007
National Security and Energy Policy
July 29, 2007
Decision Theory and the War in Iraq
August 5, 2007 to August 12, 2007
Social Causes of Obesity
August 12, 2007
Why Air Transportation Delays?
August 19, 2007
Should Central Banks Intervene During This Financial Crisis?
August 26, 2007
Responses to Comments on Air Transportation and on the Credit Crunch
August 26, 2007 to September 2, 2007
The Infrastructure "Crisis" Once Again
September 2, 2007
The Transformation of the Kibbutz and the Rejection of Socialism
September 9, 2007
China's Air Pollution
September 16, 2007
Rules vs. Authority in Central Bank (and Other) Policies
September 23, 2007
Universal National Service
October 1, 2007
The Decline of Unions
October 7, 2007 to October 14, 2007
Free Speech in American Universities
October 7, 2007
Intellectuals, Free speech, and Capitalism
October 14, 2007
Globalization and Inequality
October 21, 2007
Third-Party Liability?
October 28, 2007
Rising Food Prices
November 4, 2007
Notice
November 6, 2007
Advertising and Product Information
November 11, 2007 to November 18, 2007
Billionaires
November 18, 2007
Iraqi Bonds and the Effects of the Surge
November 25, 2007
Tax Evasion
December 2, 2007
Carbon Offsets
December 9, 2007
Notice
December 10, 2007
Sovereign Wealth Funds
December 15, 2007
How to Combine Income and Life Expectancy into an Index of Wellbeing
December 23, 2007
The Subprime Housing Crisis
December 30, 2007
Events, Field, and the Liberal Skew in Higher Education
January 6, 2008
Economic Development and Terrorism
January 13, 2008
Health Care Reform
January 20, 2008
Slowing of Black Progress
January 27, 2008
Tax Burdens
February 3, 2008
Selling Illegal Residents the Right to Stay
February 10, 2008
On Corporate Altruism
February 18, 2008
Gun Control
February 24, 2008
College Tuition and Endowments
March 2, 2008
The New Gender Gap in Education
March 9, 2008
William Buckley, Economics, and the Conservative Movement
March 16, 2008
Individual Responsibility
March 23, 2008
Intelligence Doping
March 30, 2008
Drugs and the Cost of Medicare
April 7, 2008
Risk-Taking by Top Executives
April 13, 2008
Food Prices and Public Policy
April 17, 2008
Rising Food Prices
April 21, 2008
Airline Service
April 28, 2008
Greater Regulation of Financial Markets?
May 4, 2008
Farm Subsidies
May 11, 2008
Why We Should Be Rooting for $200 per Barrel of Oil
May 18, 2008
Consumer Protection
May 25, 2008
Paying Students to Improve Performance
June 1, 2008
Infrastructure Deterioration
June 9, 2008
The Boom in College Education
June 15, 2008
Borrowing and Consumption over the Life Cycle
June 15, 2008
Have We Lost the Moral Values That Undergird a Commercial Society?
June 22, 2008
Energy Prices, Offshore Drilling, and an "Excess" Profits Tax
June 29, 2008
Are Newspapers Doomed?
July 6, 2008
The Graying of College Faculties
July 13, 2008 to July 15, 2008
Cats and Dogs, and "Sensible" Bequests
July 21, 2008
Gasoline Taxes
July 27, 2008
Is Government Intervention in the Fast Food Industry Justified?
August 3, 2008
Is America in Decline?
August 10, 2008
Should Gay Marriages be Allowed?
August 17, 2008
Determinants of the Olympic Success of Different Countries
August 24, 2008
Hollywood and Liberals
August 31, 2008
Notice
September 7, 2008
Discrimination and Competition
September 14, 2008
Prediction Markets
September 21, 2008
The Crisis of Global Capitalism?
September 21, 2008 to September 28, 2008
The Financial Crisis: the Role of Government
September 28, 2008
The $700+ Billion Bailout
October 5, 2008
Equities, Pay Caps, Liquidity: Structuring a Bailout
October 12, 2008
Why Were Warnings Ignored?
October 19, 2008
Has the Market Economy Failed?
October 26, 2008
The Milton Friedman Institute
November 2, 2008
"Does the Free Market Corrode Moral Character?"
November 9, 2008
Depressions Cause a lot More Pain than Benefits
November 16, 2008
The Auto Bailout
November 25, 2008
Notice
November 30, 2008
The Future of Free Market Conservatism
December 7, 2008
Macroeconomic Policy and the Current Depression
December 14, 2008
Why Bankruptcy is the Best Solution for American Auto Companies
December 21, 2008
The Madoff Ponzi Scheme
December 28, 2008
Unions in the American Economy
January 4, 2009
Gasoline Taxes
January 11, 2009
On the Obama Stimulus Plan
January 18, 2009
Deficit Spending on Infrastructure in a Depression
January 18, 2009
Infrastructure in a Stimulus Package
January 25, 2009
Will the Decline in Union Membership be Reversed?
February 1, 2009
Buy American Once Again
February 1, 2009
Protectionism in a Depression
February 8, 2009
Pay Controls Do Not Work at Any Level
February 12, 2009
Notice
February 22, 2009
China and the U.S. Depression
March 8, 2009
Notice
March 9, 2009
Re-Regulating the Banking Industry
March 15, 2009
American Charitable Deductions Abroad
March 22, 2009
Match Making through the Internet
March 29, 2009 to April 12, 2009
Housing Prices, Wealth, and the Current Depression Comment
March 29, 2009 to March 31, 2009
The Treasury's Plan to Buy Bank Assets
April 5, 2009
Housing Prices and Consumption
April 13, 2009
the Efficiency of Stock Markets
April 19, 2009
Repaying the Government's Loans to the Banks Comment
April 26, 2009
Central Banks Cannot Easily Maintain their Independence
May 3, 2009
Some Economics of Flu Pandemics
May 5, 2009
Announcement
May 10, 2009
The Serious Conflict in the Modern Conservative Movement
May 17, 2009
The Conflict in Modern Conservatism Once Again
May 24, 2009
A Tax on Sodas?
May 31, 2009
Asia and the World Economy
June 7, 2009
Health Care
June 14, 2009
The Pay Czar
June 21, 2009
Notice
June 23, 2009
The Future of Newspapers
June 28, 2009
Financial Reform
July 5, 2009
The Senate Filibuster
July 12, 2009
The Cap and Trade Carbon-Emissions Bill
July 19, 2009
How Should Universities React to the Decline in Their Endowments?
July 26, 2009
American Health Care
August 2, 2009
Health Reform and Obesity
August 9, 2009
It
August 9, 2009
The World Recession is Ending: What Next?
August 16, 2009
Notice
August 17, 2009
American Health Care Once Again
August 24, 2009
Cash for Clunkers
August 30, 2009
More Regulation of Mortgages would Likely Hurt Consumers
September 6, 2009
Notice
September 9, 2009
Unemployment and Depression
September 15, 2009
How Much Should We Care About Government Deficits?
September 20, 2009
Notice
September 27, 2009
The Tariff on Chinese Tires Comment
September 27, 2009
Union Power in the Obama Administration
October 4, 2009
Is the Swiss Health Care System a Good Model for US?
October 11, 2009
Food Prices
October 15, 2009
Notice
October 19, 2009
Competition and Organizational Efficiency
October 25, 2009
Pay Caps for Financial Executives
October 28, 2009
Notice
November 1, 2009
Fiscal Imprudence and Fiscal Stimulus
November 8, 2009
Productivity and Unemployment
November 15, 2009
Will We Go the Way of Japan? No, Unless US Government Policies Discourage Growth
November 23, 2009
China's Currency
November 29, 2009
How to Increase Employment
December 7, 2009
Announcement: The Becker-Posner Blog Has Moved
December 7, 2009
Should the Fed Remain Independent?
December 14, 2009
We Should Amend, not Discard, National Income Accounts
December 20, 2009
The Copenhagen Debacle: Where Do We Go from Here?
December 27, 2009
Drug Prices
January 4, 2010
The Revolution in the Economic Empowerment of Women
January 10, 2010
Happiness and Wellbeing
January 17, 2010
The Internet, Competition, and Censorship—Posner's Comment
January 26, 2010
Notice
January 28, 2010
Fear, Profiling, and Terrorism on Airplanes
January 31, 2010
The Job-Subsidy Plan
February 7, 2010
On Consumer Competence
February 14, 2010
Will Printed Books Soon Be Obsolete?
February 21, 2010
Should the Government try to Stimulate US Exports?
March 1, 2010
Stimulus: Pluses and Minuses
March 7, 2010
The Filibuster and Supermajorities
March 14, 2010
Long-Term Unemployment
March 15, 2010
The Long-Term Unemployed: Consequences and Possible Cures
March 21, 2010
Will the Euro Survive its Current Difficulties?
March 28, 2010
The Health Care Bill
April 4, 2010
The Effects on Children of the Decline in Marriage
April 11, 2010
The Entitlement Quandary
April 18, 2010
Trends in American Income Inequality Prior to the Recession
April 25, 2010
Should the United States Institute a Federal Value-Added Tax?
May 2, 2010
The Value of Profitable Speculation
May 10, 2010
Stubbornly High Unemployment
May 11, 2010
Slow Recovery in US Employment?
May 16, 2010
Social Interactions and Bubbles
May 23, 2010
Central Bank Independence
May 30, 2010
Slow Economic Growth is a Crucial European Problem
June 6, 2010
Is Sub-Saharan Africa at a Turning Point?
June 15, 2010
Notice
June 20, 2010
For-Profit Colleges
June 27, 2010
The Entitlements Quandary
July 4, 2010
The Gulf Oil Leak and Optimal Safety Precautions
July 11, 2010
The Financial Regulation Law—Posner's Comment
July 18, 2010
The Abuse of Presidential Power
July 25, 2010
Against Extending Unemployment Benefits
July 27, 2010
correction
August 1, 2010
Unions and the Obama Administration
August 8, 2010
German Employment
August 9, 2010
Germany vs. US: Two Different Approaches to the Recession
August 15, 2010
Economic Recovery
August 22, 2010
The Decline in American Optimism
August 29, 2010
How Dismal is the Fiscal Future For America and Europe?
September 5, 2010
Education and Innovation in Developing Countries
September 22, 2010
Notice
October 3, 2010
Incentives to Teachers and Students
October 10, 2010
Democracy or Autocracy?
October 17, 2010
Should Children Born in the United States Automatically Become Citizens?
October 24, 2010
Male and Female Earnings Trends
October 31, 2010
Contrasts Between the US's and UK's Post-Recession Policies
November 7, 2010
The New Congress and Economic Growth—Posner's Comment
November 14, 2010
Why I Do Not Like QE2
November 21, 2010
Global Food Prices
November 28, 2010 to December 6, 2010
Contraception and Catholicism
November 28, 2010
The Behavior of Catholics and Contraceptive Use
December 6, 2010
Unemployment
December 12, 2010
The American War on Drugs is Not Only an American Disaster
December 13, 2010
Drug Legalization
December 19, 2010
State and Local Government: The Fiscal Crisis
December 26, 2010
The Tax Deal: A Second Stimulus?
January 2, 2011
The PISA Rankings and the Role of Schools in Student Performance on Standardized Tests
January 9, 2011
Traditional Bookstores are Doomed
January 17, 2011
Raising Public-College Tuition
January 23, 2011
Microfinance
January 30, 2011
Inequality in Income and Wealth
February 6, 2011
Abrupt Change of Authoritarian Regimes
February 20, 2011
Gun Control
February 27, 2011
How Beneficial is Widespread Medical Screening?
March 6, 2011
The Middle East Uprisings and the Economy
March 14, 2011
Are Too Many Young People Going to College?
March 20, 2011
The Japanese Catastrophe
March 27, 2011
Government Sector Unions
April 3, 2011
Monopsony in College Athletics
April 10, 2011
Paul Ryan's Budget Proposal
April 17, 2011
Commodity Price Inflation
April 24, 2011
How Can Governments Help Consumers
May 3, 2011
Can Poor Countries Afford Democracy?
May 8, 2011
Yes, the Earth Will Have Ample Resources for 10 Billion People
May 15, 2011
Oil Subsidies
May 22, 2011
Are There Sizable Benefits From Extending the Lives of the Old and Frail?
May 29, 2011
Is There a Social-Network Bubble?
May 30, 2011
Another Tech Bubble in the Offing?
June 5, 2011
Legacy Preferences Make a Lot of Sense, Up to a Point
June 12, 2011
Capture Theory and the Financial Crisis
June 19, 2011
Economic Recovery
June 28, 2011
Releasing Oil from Reserves
July 3, 2011
Primary-Care Physicians
July 10, 2011
Immigration from Mexico
July 17, 2011
Short and Long Term United States Fiscal Crises
July 24, 2011
What to Do about Unemployment in the Short Term?
August 1, 2011
Debt and the Deficit
August 7, 2011
The Challenge of Cyber Warfare
August 14, 2011
Riots
August 22, 2011
Income Inequality and Envy
August 29, 2011
Buffett and a Better Tax System
September 4, 2011
The Post Office
September 11, 2011
A Second Stimulus Package?
September 18, 2011
The Nirvana Fallacy Revisited
September 26, 2011
Government Workers and Fiscal Problems
October 1, 2011
Notice
October 16, 2011
Notice
October 28, 2011
Notice
November 6, 2011
Greece and the Euro
November 13, 2011
Structural Unemployment:
November 20, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street Movement
November 27, 2011
Euro Bonds
December 4, 2011
Does America Imprison Too Many People?
December 11, 2011
Notice
December 22, 2011
Notice
January 29, 2012
Taxing Wealthy People More Heavily
February 5, 2012
Suicide and its Assistance
February 12, 2012
Is Capitalism in Crisis?
February 19, 2012
Illegal Immigration
February 26, 2012
Will China Overtake Us?
March 4, 2012
Bookstores and Libraries
March 11, 2012
The Growing Class Divide
March 18, 2012
Should K-12 Teachers Have Tenure?
April 1, 2012
Energy Self-Sufficiency
April 8, 2012
Restrictions on Campaign Contributions- A Good Thing?
April 16, 2012
Notice
April 22, 2012
Decline of U.S. Manufacturing
April 29, 2012
Are the Incentives of Colleges Aligned With Social Welfare?
May 6, 2012
Why Unemployment Remains So High
May 13, 2012
On Homosexual Marriage
May 20, 2012
Should Greece Abandon the Euro?
May 28, 2012
Student Debt
June 3, 2012
Capitalism
June 10, 2012
Is Further Quantitative Easing by the Fed Warranted?
June 18, 2012
Bloomberg, Sugar, and Obesity
June 28, 2012
Why are Americans More Religious than Western Europeans?
July 1, 2012
Is the Health Care Law's "Mandate" Really a Tax?
July 9, 2012
The Worst Recovery Since World War II
July 15, 2012
Marginal Tax Rates
July 22, 2012
Is Banking Unusually Corrupt?
July 29, 2012
China's One-Child Policy
August 2, 2012
Notice
September 23, 2012
Rating Teachers
September 30, 2012
Reforming the Patent System Toward a Minimalist System
October 7, 2012
Will U.S. Economic Growth Slow?
October 14, 2012
Luck and Taxation
October 21, 2012
Sale of Body Parts
October 28, 2012
Government Regulation, Competition, and Corruption
October 28, 2012
Is Banking Unusually Prone to Risky Practices?
November 4, 2012
The Problem of the Long-Term Unemployed
November 14, 2012
What to Do About Illegal Immigration?
November 18, 2012
The Paradox of Voting
November 25, 2012
MOOCs and Higher Education
December 3, 2012
The Optimal Size of Countries
December 10, 2012
The Business vs Professional Model
December 16, 2012
Unemployment, Inflation, and the Fed
December 20, 2012
The Becker-Posner Blog: Now on Facebook
December 23, 2012
Spending, Taxation, and the Fiscal Cliff
December 31, 2012 to January 1, 2013
Meritocracy, Social Mobility, Intergenerational Mobility
January 6, 2013
How Good is the Fiscal Agreement?
January 13, 2013
Comparative Longevity
January 14, 2013
Why Does Health in the United States Lag Behind Other Countries'?
January 20, 2013
On the Debt Ceiling
January 27, 2013
Competition for Top Colleges
February 3, 2013
Rules versus Discretion
February 11, 2013
Contrived Inequality
February 18, 2013
The Minimum Wage
February 24, 2013
The Sequester
March 3, 2013
Higher Education
March 10, 2013
Extending the Social Security and Medicare Eligiblity Ages
March 17, 2013
The Dismal Future for Workers With Few Skills
March 24, 2013
Mexican Immigration to the United States
March 31, 2013
Business, Competition, and Corruption
April 21, 2013
Reforming Immigration Policy
May 5, 2013
Alternatives to the War on Drugs
May 12, 2013
College Costs and Quality
May 19, 2013
The Internet, Surveillance Cameras, and Misuse of Big Data
May 23, 2013
Security Surveillance Cameras
May 26, 2013
The Chinese Economy
June 2, 2013
Should the European Union Emulate Japan's Inflationary Monetary Policy?
June 16, 2013
Tax Reform
June 23, 2013
Medical Care Costs
July 3, 2013
What to Do About Immigration, Legal and Illegal?
July 7, 2013
Carbon Tax
July 15, 2013
Has the Government Spending Sequestration Hurt the Economy?
July 21, 2013
On Reforming the Patent System
August 4, 2013
Commodity Price Fluctuations
August 11, 2013
Education and the Growth of Poverty in United States
August 18, 2013
Does the World Need More People?
August 25, 2013
Information About Colleges and Student Loans
September 2, 2013
Microsoft's Dilemma
September 8, 2013
Bombing Syria?
September 16, 2013
Has Capitalism Revived/Survived?
September 29, 2013
Can Government Programs be Cut Back?
October 6, 2013
The Debt Ceiling
October 13, 2013
Higher College Costs and its Consequences
October 20, 2013
Equality of Opportunity
October 21, 2013
Notice
December 1, 2013
Notice
December 8, 2013
Raise the Federal Minimum Wage (But Not Too Far)
December 15, 2013
How to Control Entitlements, Especially Medicare
December 22, 2013
China's "One Child" Policy
December 29, 2013
Redistribution and the Well-Being of the Poor
January 5, 2014
Mexico's Economic Reforms
January 12, 2014
Competition and the Efficiency of Bureaucracies
January 20, 2014
Secular Stagnation
January 26, 2014
Neighborhood Gerrymandering
February 2, 2014
Social Mobility and Income Inequality
February 9, 2014
Are Government Bureaucracies Too Big?
February 10, 2014
Has the United States, by Virtue of Its Size and Complexity, Become Ungovernable?
February 16, 2014 to February 17, 2014
Excess Enrollments in College? Could Be.
February 18, 2014
The War on Drugs
February 23, 2014
Marijuana Decriminalization
March 3, 2014
End the Cuban Embargo
March 14, 2014
Sabbatical Notice
May 10, 2014