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Contradictions in the Bible?

Last week in the comments, Major Freedom shared a long list of alleged contradictions in the Bible. I thought some of them weren’t very convincing–like wondering why an omniscient God would ask Cain where his brother was–so I asked MF to pare down the list to the ones he thought were really smoking guns. Now […]

Krugman Kontradiction on Unemployment Benefits

This is such a good Krugman Kontradiction that it might deserve a new category; call it a Paul Paradox. Dan in the comments referred me to Robert Wenzel, who in turn linked to Ed Yardeni catching Krugman in, well, a typical Kontradiction. My post will actually give you “the rest of the story,” because Yardeni […]

The Comment Gremlins Strike Again

Folks, I really have no idea why this keeps happening. But, once again WordPress decided to lock all the comments of previous posts. I turned the default back to open, but it appears I have to manually unlock all previous posts. I did it (I think) for the most recent ones, but if you wanted […]

Krugman Bask

Does anybody know of a Krugman quotation along the lines that we can’t trust politicians with Power X, because they will inevitably abuse it and not use it in the way the experts think is “optimal”? I don’t have a quotation in mind; I’m just wondering if he ever said anything like that. In particular, […]

Banking Practices in Early 20th Century Bask

(BTW for new readers, “bask” is my abbreviation for “blog ask” since I am too proud to beg.) This is going to be a weird one: I have agreed to be a sort of economic consultant for a relative who is a working on a novel that involves characters working in a bank in Ireland […]

Sigh, I Think the Blog Is Working Again

I am now starting to suspect that when I’ve been spending too much time blogging, a failsafe kicks in and locks everything up. Sort of a cooling off period, like when the stock market crashes and the exchange shuts down for an hour. Anyway, I think you should be able to comment now.

GDP Forecast Bask

I am working on a research paper for investors (I have to pay the mortgage somehow) and I need to go back in time to see what the “consensus” forecast for (say) 4th quarter 2004 GDP was, as of 1st quarter 2004. Obviously I can use FRED to see what the actual GDP figures were, […]