Economic Policy
Big picture coverage of macroeconomics, political economy, and governments' roles in world commerce.
- A Free Market Case For the Minimum Wage Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler 04/10/2007
- Feel-good policies, though economically harmful in themselves, could be justified if they avoid the harmful policy impacts of income envy.
- Uncle Sam’s Fabulous Diet Plan John Tamny 04/06/2007
- We should be happy that the physical weight of goods we produce, per dollar of GDP, is declining.
- Tout Seoul Claude Barfield 04/05/2007
- America’s new trade deal with Korea shows that bilateral negotiations can work. But the deal is headed for tough scrutiny on both sides of the Pacific.
- Subjective Macroeconomics Jurgen Reinhoudt 04/05/2007
- European economies face the soft bigotry of low expectations.
- Unmasking Chris Cox Duncan Currie 04/05/2007
- When Chris Cox became chairman of the SEC, the Washington and Wall Street smart guys were sure what he would do. Instead, he fooled them by acting like…well, like Chris Cox.
- Young Economist Lizbeth Scordo 04/02/2007
- Kate Bundorf is a doctor with an unusual patient: America’s healthcare economy.
- Going Privlic Larry E. Ribstein 03/27/2007
- Blackstone's plans would create a new kind of public firm.
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Medicare But Were Too Confused to Ask Joseph Antos 03/27/2007
- It’s America’s largest and most endangered health insurance program. Changes that give consumers more say—like the new Part D drug benefit—are helpful, but we’ll have to make tough trade-offs in the years ahead.
- Today's Bipartisan Issue: Sneaky Spending Véronique de Rugy 03/22/2007
- A bill pending in the House shows that neither party can resist.
- Bill of Wrongs Stephen Slivinski 03/21/2007
- The rhetoric of consumer protection has gone way, way overboard.