Larry Summers for Treasury Secretary
…is more nuanced than often reported. The larger question for Obama to consider is whether Summers has the political skills to succeed as Treasury Secretary. His failure in this regard…
…is more nuanced than often reported. The larger question for Obama to consider is whether Summers has the political skills to succeed as Treasury Secretary. His failure in this regard…
A special episode: Steve reports on a passion of his. Most high-school math classes are still preparing students for the Sputnik era. Steve wants to get rid of the “geometry…
In ancient Rome, it was bread and circuses. Today, it’s a World Cup, an Olympics, and a new Saudi-backed golf league that’s challenging the PGA Tour. Can a sporting event…
…hold: shopkeepers, glaziers and shoemakers are still utility maximizing agents. And imposing higher regulatory costs on firms still deters job creation and growth. President Obama may not succeed in creating…
…is just swapping one set of bonds for another. Will it work? There are two levels at which we talk about these things working: A. Will the Fed succeed at…
What do Renaissance painting, civil-rights movements, and Olympic cycling have in common? In each case, huge breakthroughs came from taking tiny steps. In a world where everyone is looking for…
Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to reverse this tendency?
The benefits of sleep are by now well established, and yet many people don’t get enough. A new study suggests we should channel our inner toddler and get 30 minutes…
…to contracts that currently do not succeed on Intrade. There are many exciting potential applications of such markets, in research and policy making. Offering contracts on questions of great popular…
