Ezra Klein Archive: Economics
The problem, and expansion, of the new homeowner tax credit
In a 403-12 vote, the House overwhelmingly backed extending and expanding the new home buyer's tax credit. Where before only first-time buyers were eligible for the $8,000 credit, the expansion will make a $6,500 credit available to homeowners who have...
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November 5, 2009; 4:37 PM ET |
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Super Feminomics
Super Freakonomics is really two books in one: Some of the chapters are based on a deep data set that reveals interesting insights about the underlying subject. Half of the chapters are not based on any data set at all,...
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October 19, 2009; 9:05 AM ET |
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Nobel Fraud!
This year's Nobel prize in economics was awarded to Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom. But more precisely, this year's Nobel prize in economics was awarded to no one, because there is no such prize. Matt Yglesias explains: I would note...
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October 12, 2009; 12:10 PM ET |
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Like Rain on Your Wedding Day
Daniel Davies notices the University of Notre Dame doing a very, very strange thing. Do you find yourself considering the financial crisis and thinking “well, neoclassical economists have certainly come through this one with their reputations enhanced! Anyone with a...
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September 24, 2009; 10:40 AM ET |
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