Mar 17, 2009
I remember vividly my first day taking a class on Soviet politics in college. The class began in August, 1991. The Soviet Union was collapsing...
Mar 17, 2009
Our afternoon session at the economic bloggers forum has been especially lively. That's because we're talking about how the hell we can get out of...
Mar 17, 2009
Our economic blogging conference has broken into smaller groups for lunch, and the session I'm attending is called "The Fate of Finance." The...
Mar 17, 2009
That's the title of the seminar I'm in right now at the Kauffman Foundation. It began with a speech from former Boston Globe writer David Warsh,...
Mar 17, 2009
At this economic bloggers conference I'm attending, we had a discussion last night about how no one in charge will say the word "nationalization." ...
Feb 26, 2009
I'm heading to a battle of the barbecues tonight here in KC. It's being hosted by well-known economic blogger Tyler Cowen. His blog, Marginal...
Mar 17, 2009
I'm off to KC today for a conference on economic blogging. It's being sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, which focuses on entrepreneurship. I...
Mar 17, 2009
I just read a very compelling interview with respected Harvard historian Niall Ferguson. Here's the interview by the Toronto Globe and Mail, and...