economics

"Dollars and Sex" by Marina Adshade

Joe Donahue — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Like Freakonomics, Dollars and Sex takes economics and converts it into a science by applying the principles of supply and demand, and other market forces, to matters of love, courtship, sex, and marriage.

As she does in her blog, author Marina Adshade explores the marketplace for sex and love using research, economic analysis, and humor to reveal just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power, and economic forces is to the most important choices we make in our lives. Call it "Sexonomics."

"Back to Full Employment" by Robert Pollin

Joe Donahue — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Full employment used to be an explicit goal of economic policy in most of the industrialized world. Some countries even achieved it.

The New Geography of Jobs

Joe Donahue — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:28:09 +0000

We speak with Enrico Moretti about The New Geography of Jobs.

Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States

Joe Donahue — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:47:24 +0000

We speak with Michael Lind about his book, Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States.

Michael Meeropol: The Extent of the Recent Growth in Inequality

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:37:20 +0000

On April 17, the front page of the New York Times had an article about two economists. No, it was not about Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan who are very well known.

Instead, the two economists are academics – academics who are not household names.

These two economists, Thomas Piketty and Emanuel Saez, have done path-breaking research to document the incredible increase in inequality that has occurred in the US since about 1980.