Recent Topics on the Web*

2008:

Found 5/5/08: Judith Dean on being a Christian Economist. (Dated 1997, revised 2002.)

2007:

Oct 4: Buttonwood in Economist on stock markets as long term investments, US and elsewhere.

Sep 29: Ronald Bailey in WSJ on World Bank research on Intangible Wealth. Also via Proquest

Aug 23: Gary Rivlin in NYT on the WTO case against the US on internet gambling. Also via NewsBank

2006:

Nov 15: William Easterly in WSJ on Jeff Sachs. Nov 10: Thomas Friedman on US-China economic relations. NewsBank

Oct 19: The Economist on pros and cons of economic sanctions. Proquest

Oct 3: Joe Stiglitz in New York Times on fixing the global economy. NewsBank

Sep 14: Pam Woodall in Economist on the world economy (survey).

Sep 6: Martin Wolf in Fianncial Times on globalization's gains and losers. Proquest

Sep 6: Alan Beattie in Fianncial Times on border security speeding up trade. Proquest

Aug 9: Christopher Conkey in Wall Street Journal on consumer choice of labor location. Proquest

Jun 6: Nicholas Kristof in New York Times on sweatshops. NewsBank

2005:

Nov 16: Beattie and Williams in Financial times on whether Doha is the "Last Round." (Proquest)

Nov 15: Bhagwati in Financial times on Doha Deadlock. (Proquest)

Oct 3: Wonacott aned King in Wall Street Journal on China's "clout" in trade. (Proquest)

Aug 11: David Wessel in Wall Street Journal on wage insurance. (Proquest)

Apr 27: Robert Samuelson in Washington Post on Bernanke's "Savings Glut."

2004:

Aug 26: Garrison Keillor in In These Times on Republicans.

May 29: David Brooks in the New York Times on political polarization and segregation.

May 10: Kurt Vonnegut in the In These Times on humanity, etc.

April 12: Noam Schreiber in the New Republic on Greg Mankiw and politics.

April 3: Nicholas D. Kristof in New York Times on child labor. NYT for $2.95 | Proquest

March 20: Economics Focus in the Economist on increased macroeconomic stability.

January 28: Eduardo Porter on Fed policy and politics in New York Times.

*These are things that I have read recently and found interesting and/or enjoyable. Most of them relate to the major economic topics that I am usually teaching: international economics and macroeconomics. If they look to be lasting, both in interest and in their web accessibility, I put them in one of my Topics pages, where you can also find a bit more information about them. But some are pieces, such as in the New York Times, that may not remain available for long.

Unlike my topics page, these are things that I recommend reading. Even if I disagree with them, I find them interesting, informative, or provocative.