Archives: July 2007

Mankiw and Economic Journalists

Posted by: Michael Mandel on July 30, Categories: Journalism

Greg Mankiw writes: Having broad interests works well for bloggers, undergraduate textbook authors, and White House policy advisers. All three jobs require breadth, compared to most academic research, which is...

The End of Easy Money? Not so fast

Posted by: Michael Mandel on July 25, Categories: Financial markets

The latest issue of Time magazine has the story flagged on the cover: "The End of Easy Money" The story, by Justin Fox, says Now, though, it's history. With each...

Magazine cover-curse counter-curse

Posted by: Michael Mandel on July 18, Categories: Financial markets

Back in February, David Henry and I wrote the cover story "It's a Low, Low, Low-Rate World: Why money may stay cheap longer than you think". On the day that...

The Return of the Healthcare Economy

Posted by: Michael Mandel on July 13, Categories: Employment

Back last September, I wrote a cover story arguing that healthcare jobs were the main force behind the strong labor market. I got a lot of flack at the time...