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Econ 101 is Underrated: Pharma Price Controls

Econ 101 is often dismissed as too simplistic. Yet recent events suggest that Econ 101 is underrated. Take the tariff

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This is Vindication???

Joe Nocera has a strange piece in the Free Press arguing that the “godfathers of protectionism” have been vindicated. It

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Has Clothing Declined in Quality?

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) recently tweeted that they wanted to bring back apparel manufacturing to the

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Lifetime Expected Consumption

What does it mean to be wealthy and how should we factor in say, life expectancy? Lyman Stone offers an

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Harvard faculty put their money where their mouths are

Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use

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The Public Choice Outreach Conference

There are just a few spots left for the Public Choice Outreach Conference! Do encourage your students to apply!  

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Rising Expected Unit Cost Inflation Quantified

From Atlanta Fed: Figure 1: Business unit costs (blue), and consumer prices (tan), year-on-year expected change, %. Source: Atlanta Fed,

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Why Aren’t You Calling? (Trump to Beijing)

From Bloomberg, “Trump Presses China to Make Tariff Offer to Calm Trade War”: “The ball is in China’s court. China

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I talk with Bianna Golodryga

Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use

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The Decline of Manufacturing

Look at the incredible decline of manufacturing across a wide variety of industries in the figure below. Nearly 7.5 million