There is an important difference between domestic economic policies that create benefits by imposing costs on other nations ("beggar-thy-neighbor policies") and those whose economic costs are borne primarily at home though they might affect others as well ("beggar-thyself policies"). Beggar-thy-...

Low Cost Dental Implants In Miami : If you are in need of even one tooth implant, then you probably know how expensive they can be. Most dentists consider implants "cosmetic" surgery and hardly, if any, traditional insurances will cover this procedure very much. Most of us can't afford to pay f...

I showed a neat picture in my previous post on the divergence in growth rates between developing and rich countries. But can developing countries really carry the world economy? Much of the optimism about their economic prospects is the result of extrapolation. The decade preceding the global f...

Loo & Placido – “Electronic Popstar Killers” [S]mash-up pioneers from Ed banging Paris keep on spinning and producing some of the sickest remixes, cut-ups and edits, this Friday at the BOOTIE Berlin Party. Their crazy shows take place all over Europe and the US and are characterized by their...

It's al about being proactive. Which makes this an appropriate post for the new year. From an article in USAToday. DVD sales tumbled this year as the weak economy and competition from the Internet soured consumers on buying new discs. What's a movie studio to do? Look to the iPhone to goose s...

In economics we think that happiness increases with lifetime wealth, albeit at a decreasing rate. But recent research on happiness fails to show a steep gradient between incomes and self-reported life satisfaction. But this work has typically focused on rich countries. In a recent paper, Angus ...

I have never had as many responses to a post as I have had to this one. And the results are in. The new economist blogger you most want to see is Joe Stiglitz, followed by Daron Acemoglu. Here is the full tabulation, as of this morning: Following up on my promise, I have written to both Stig...