Author: Craig Newmark

“Ten Job-Destroying Regulations“. “Labor Rules Thwarting ‘Green Jobs’ Agenda“. (“Looking forward to the impending West Side Story brawl between the Teamsters and the Greensters.”: Heh!) “And Here’s How to Double Productivity“.

. . . I suggest you read this. It’s not. BUT TO invoke the wisdom of Herman Cain, returning to the gold standard would be more difficult than practical. Envisioning a statute requiring the Federal Reserve to redeem its notes for fixed amounts of specie is easy, but deciding what that fixed amount should be […]

As a practicing economist I’m a little sensitive to the charge that economists fostered the Great Recession. Why didn’t we know more? Why didn’t we warn people? Well, there were warnings, but for the sake of argument suppose there weren’t. And now suppose that, instead, every economist in the country spent ten years jumping up […]

Professor Glenn Reynolds–Instapundit–on how to “predict your Social Security payout“: “If you’re 50 or under, try this methodology: Pick a number. Then subtract that number from itself. You’re done! For planning purposes, at least, I wouldn’t count on anything.”  

But just wait. “Social Security Reform Bill Encourages Americans To Live Faster, Die Younger“. (By the Onion News Network. Short and funny.) Cross-posted from Newmark’s Door.