Capitalism and Freedom

In NY Times, Paul Krugman ( link ) wrote about the comparison of European and U.S economic model, concluding that in the last 10 years, the ...

In today's edition of NY Times, Paul Krugman opened a puzzling discussion on the economic performance of Europe relative to the United S...

Gary Becker ( link ) and Richard Posner ( link ) discuss the economic perspective in the empowerment of women and the weigh costs and benefi...

CBO has released the monthly budget review of recent fiscal estimates for the U.S budget ( link ).

Writing an op-ed for NY Times, Nouriel Roubini discusses the role of Ben Bernanke in this year's recession ( link ).

Foreign Policy composed the rank of the most influential global thinkers ( link ).

Martin Feldstein offers some interesting thoughts on whether the eurozone will survive the economic recovery ( link ).

Dani Rodrik wrote a nice article on the future prospects of China's currency and its industrial policy ( link ).

Dani Rodrik offers a nice insight into one of the most remarkable theorems in international trade ( link ).

On Sunday, December 13th, Paul A. Samuelson has died at the age of 94 ( link ). He was on the economic giants of the 20th century. His ...

For those of you who study macroeconomics and finance, here are some interesting articles on macroeconomic issues: Menzie Chinn, The Employm...

Ted Gayer of the Brookings Institution testified before the U.S Senate, discussing the economic benefits of carbon tax over cap-and-trade ( ...

New York Times published an interesting geographic map of the recession in the U.S ( link )

Reserve Bank of Australia decided to continue the increase in benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent in the light of sh...

The Economist discussed the return of deflation in Japan ( link ). Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan has published an interesting publication of ...

Today's Hardtalk on BBC World News ( link ) discussed the political, economic and social aspects of communism versus liberal capitalism ...

From Alberto Alesina and Silvia Ardagna ( link ): "We examine the evidence on episodes of large stances in fiscal policy, both in cases...

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former CBO director, discussed the negative effects of the new fiscal policy in the U.S ( link ).

The Economist published a thorough discussion ( link ) of China's currency policy and reasons why yuan is unlikely to revaluate any soon...