Topic: Greg Mankiw
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Tax VOX
Gas prices should be higher
In an election year, President Obama may be the last guy who wants gas prices to rise. However, if we want to reduce our need for foreign oil, slow climate change, and encourage development of new energy technology, we ought to be raising taxes on fossil fuels. A lot.
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Green Economics
Raising revenue at elite public universities
Could public universities boost their endowments if it admitted more four-year students and fewer transfer students?
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Occupy protests spread to US college campuses
As the Occupy Wall Street protests have grown to cities across the United States, they've also taken root at US universities, where students have staged rallies and walk-outs from classes.
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Economist Mom
Deja vu on tax policy
"Dynamic scoring," or adjusting revenue estimates based on the expected effects of tax policies on the size of the economy, won't fix the deficit problem
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Green Economics
Riddle me this, macroeconomists
Can the Fed intervene to 'stop panic' and, at the same time, make new rules so that future crises don't occur?
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The Circle Bastiat
Does inflation mean more than printing money?
The dictionary probably isn't the best place to look to find out
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Green Economics
Can the University of Texas put a number on professors' worth?
The University of Texas at Austin has published a spreadsheet that shows the cost-effectiveness of its faculty members
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Donald Marron
Health-care reform cuts the deficit. Not!
Health-care reform raises federal spending over the next 10 years. But because the law also raises taxes, it trims the deficit.
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Growthology
Just when I wanted to hate ... Biology
A refreshing change of topic – to the Biology AP exam.
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Green Economics
In defense of the modern research university
Research universities aren't perfect, but they do have a role to play. They should start by reallocating their best resources, their faculty, to serve the undergraduates instead of the graduates.
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Tax day 101: How is the tax code changing under Obama?
Obama has showered new tax perks on the poor and middle class while pledging to maintain many of the Bush tax cuts. But his tax code largess stops at wealthy households.
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A carbon protection racket
The Waxman-Markey bill's 'international offsets' amount to paying polluting countries not to pollute.
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