Economic Insights


A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

From Greg Mankiw: “Economics in One Picture“

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Krugmania over Ireland

Paul Krugman of the New York Times on “An Irish Mirror” and Constantin Gurdgiev of Trinity College, Dublin on “Replying to Prof Krugman” Hat Tip: Cyril Morong

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Common Sense Economics in Dari

The Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization with which I work has just published their first book, a Dari edition of Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth…

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What the Hell is “Net Neutrality”?

Thanks, Reason.tv, for a clear explanation!

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Revival of a Great Classical Liberal Journal: The Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines

Thanks to the good work of Pierre Garello and Philippe Maitre, a great journal lives again. (Click on the image to the left for more details.)

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France is wonderful…but not rich

My friend Emmanuel Martin sent me this interesting link from Les Echos on how, among the top forty regions of Europe for wealth, only one is in France, and that…

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Essential Financial Crisis Reading

In preparation for my talks in Moscow and St. Petersburg on the financial crisis and the risks of protectionism, I did a lot of additional reading, focusing on serious scholarship…

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