Bad News for Ben (and for the rest of us)
According to Intrade, the probability that Bernanke will be confirmed for a second term is now about 0.7, which down from 0.95 a few days ago. This uncertainty cannot be good for financial markets.
Friday, January 22, 2010
About Me
- Name: Greg Mankiw
- Location: United States
I am a professor and chairman of the economics department at Harvard University, where I teach introductory economics (ec 10). I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former students. Teachers and students at other schools, as well as others interested in economic issues, are welcome to use this resource.
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Previous Posts
- The Height Tax gets some publicity
- Bob Solow on John Cassidy
- Diamond and Kashyap on the Bank Tax
- Feldstein on Obamanomics
- Baumol's Cost Disease
- The Inflation Monster
- Healthcare Reform Debate
- The Bank Tax
- The Rise of European Leisure
- Renting is cheaper than Buying
Advice for Students
- Advice for Aspiring Economists
- Where do economists come from?
- Choosing a Graduate Program
- Working Before Grad School
- Advice for Grad Students
- Advice for New Junior Faculty
- Which math courses?
- Why Aspiring Economists Need Math
- Love Econ, Bad at Math
- Summer Reading List
- JD vs PhD: My Story
- My Life as a Student
- PhD or not?
- Education Beyond the Classroom
- An engineer seeks career advice
- A Question about Learning Economics
- Good Academic, Bad Human Being
- Are B-school economists different?
- How to Write Well
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