Singapore’s Pay Model Isn’t India’s: Market Wages vs. Civil-Service Rents
In my post How High Government Pay Wastes Talent and Drains Productivity I pointed to evidence that high government compensation
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Paul Krugman and I
Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use
Keep Politics Out of Data
Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use
The Danger from Japan
Answer: America won. Every generation launches a new competitor to America and the people who don’t like capitalism and America’s
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Economics Teaching Conference
About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Greg Mankiw’s Blog: Our Dollar, Your Problem
I just finished Our Dollar, Your Problem by my Harvard colleague Ken Rogoff. It is a great read for econonerds like
What to Watch (or Not): Ballard, Perfect Days, Billy Joel
Ballard (Amazon Prime) — I liked Bosch, so I had high hopes for this spinoff. The core premise—a team of
Genius, Rejected: Emergent Ventures Versus the System
Quanta Magazine has a good piece on a 17-year-old student who disproved a long-standing conjecture in harmonic analysis: Yet a paper
The economics of the U.S. auto industry, a brief history
From Adam Ozimek: The economic value of the cars being made has climbed substantially through the years. As a result,
Design Your Own Rug!
For my wedding anniversary, I designed and had hand-woven in Afghanistan a rug for my microbiologist wife. The rug mixes