Described by Andrew Samwick, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, as “the best WSJ Econoblog yet“, the Wall Street Journal has published another economic debate. This time it is between Nouriel Roubini and David Altig and the question is “Does Overseas Appetite for Bonds Put the U.S. Economy at Risk?”. The debate should be free […]
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Apr4th2005
Economists Debate: Is A High Amount Of Foreign Investors In US Bonds A Cause For Worry?
Published by in Debates, Economics, FreeTrade and General. 0 CommentsMar21st2005
The Wall Street Journal has posted another economics debate. This time it is between Max Sawicky and Tyler Cowen, on the topic of Tax Reform. It is a must read for those interested in the tax reform debate (No subscription needed for 30 days).
Heres more.
Mar14th2005
Affirmative Action Discussion
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Debates, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 2 CommentsDiscriminations, a blog by John Rosenberg, who is completing a dissertation at Stanford University on discrimination, has an interesting discussion in the comments section of one of his blogs relating to affirmative action.
In addition to John’s great contributions, an online friend of mine, El Blogero, is also contributing and in the process making very […]
Feb13th2005
Does Bush’s budget proposal set right priorities on health care? Two economists set out to debate the issue, with John S. Irons Phd in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, representing the liberal side, and Russ Roberts Professor of Economics at George Mason University representing the conservative side.
Commentary can be found here and […]
Jan19th2005
Economics Debate: Social Security
Published by in Debates, Economics, General and SocialSecurity. 0 CommentsThe Wall Street Journal has posted another economics debate. This time it is between Max Sawicky and Arnold Kling, on the topic of Social Security Reforms. It is a must read for those interested in the social security debate (No subscription needed for 30 days).
You can find more on this topic at Arnold Klings […]
Nov23rd2004
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d be guest blogging on a liberal friend’s blog, explaining and defending the conservative point of view of various topics to his viewers (mostly liberals).
Well, the first topic has (finally) come to an end. I’m very happy with the outcome since it seems both sides were fairly […]
Nov15th2004
Economists Debate - Part5: Setting Priorities For The President
Published by in Debates, Economics, Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and Vouchers. 0 CommentsHighly respected economists Tyler Cowen and John Irons continue their dialogue on the Wall Street Journal(free to non-subscribers). Friday’s dialogue is on “Setting Priorities For the President“.
What I found interesting of this discussion is that Tyler Cowen put the question of vouchers to John Irons and John Irons wasn’t able to respond. Tyler Cowen writes, […]
Nov12th2004
Economists Debate - Part4: Tax Reform
Published by in Debates, Economics, General and Taxes. 0 CommentsHighly respected economists Tyler Cowen and John Irons continue their dialogue on the Wall Street Journal(free to non-subscribers). Today’s(or yesterday, since I am a day late) dialogue is on Tax Reform.
What I found most interesting about this discussion is the overwhelming importance placed on the growth rate. Liberals seem to place great importance on […]
Nov11th2004
Economists Debate - Part3: Europe And Asia
Published by in Debates, Economics, Europe and General. 1 CommentHighly respected economists Tyler Cowen and John Irons continue their debate on the Wall Street Journal(free to non-subscribers). Today’s(or yesterday, since I am a day late) debate is on The Economic Fortunes Of Europe and Asia.
They do the normal back and forth on how China isn’t such a threat, and how it is […]
Nov10th2004
Economists Debate - Part2: Free Trade
Published by in Debates, Economics, FreeTrade and General. 5 CommentsHighly respected economists Tyler Cowen and John Irons continue their debate on the Wall Street Journal(free to non-subscribers). Today’s(or yesterday, since I am a day late) debate deals with outsourcing.
What I find interesting about the debate is that both economists, John Irons representing the liberal side, and Tyler Cowen representing the libertarian side, […]
Nov8th2004
Economists Debate - Part1: Social Security
Published by in Debates, Economics, General and SocialSecurity. 4 CommentsThe online version of the Wall Street Journal is holding a week long mini debate (free to non-subscribers) on how to solve our current economic problems. They have paired two widely recognized economists to represent the different solutions proposed. John Irons representing the liberal side, and Tyler Cowen representing the libertarian side.
The first topic […]
