Category Archives: Economics

Can’t Let That Go By

Posted on December 31, 2010 by LaDale Winling

An interesting error from Ezra Klein: An interesting thesis from Ed Glaeser: Ford, Durant, David Dunbar Buick, the Dodge Brothers, the Fisher Brothers, Henry Leland – it seems as if Detroit once had an automotive genius on every street corner. … Continue reading →

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Google Spreadsheets Gadget

Posted on October 30, 2009 by LaDale Winling

Sort of like you find at GapMinder. Need to find some income data going farther back, if possible; it is the limiting factor. This is state population, inflation-adjusted median family income, and % of 25yr-old+ population with a bachelor’s degree. … Continue reading →

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If You’re Like Me

Posted on May 23, 2009 by LaDale Winling

You were awakened by the drunken yelling of your roommate’s girlfriend at 4 in the morning, surfed around the web to find the New York Review of Books excerpt from the NYRB PEN World Voices economics symposium and wanted to … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the New Deal

Posted on April 2, 2009 by LaDale Winling

Senate Economic Policy Subcommittee Hearing: Lessons from the New Deal. I basically gave an abbreviated version of Christine Romer’s remarks in one of my lectures on the Great Depression. I probably spend too much time on economics in my U.S. … Continue reading →

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Research Note

Posted on March 29, 2009 by LaDale Winling

In the course of some dissertation research I realized that Muncie, Indiana, was a higher-paid but less-educated city than Austin, Texas in 1970. This seems to be largely because of the robust manufacturing sector in Muncie and the midwest and … Continue reading →

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The New Economy

Posted on March 7, 2008 by urbanoasis

There’s a great deal about mainstream economic thought that doesn’t sit well with me. Measuring and promoting economic growth. Trade. Dealing with economic inequality. One major issue I have never understood was the beauty of the new economy, particularly regarding … Continue reading →

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Questioning Economic Development

Posted on January 24, 2008 by urbanoasis

I still haven’t put together my theory or at least thoughts on a better evaluation of economic development, which I promised last summer. Based on my travels in the Mediterranean (which I will hopefully revisit this fall), there is a … Continue reading →

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Did I Say Columbia?

Posted on January 6, 2008 by urbanoasis

I actually meant Yale. New Haven has no revenue to invest in urban infrastructure. Yale’s got a ton. Guess who calls the shots on development? Yale University is rebuilding itself — drawing on its huge, rapidly growing endowment and on … Continue reading →

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Even More Amazing

Posted on January 2, 2008 by urbanoasis

After more than 60 years the Levitt homebuilders are bankrupt. Really it’s just the name without much connection to the Levitt brothers, but this is something of a sad epitaph for a company that was a major force in postwar … Continue reading →

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More on Starbucks

Posted on December 28, 2007 by urbanoasis

I love coffee. I drink a lot of it. I’m kind of a snob about it. My wife got me about 10 pounds of coffee of several varieties and roasts for Christmas which will supply the espresso machine we got … Continue reading →

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