Greg Mankiw's Blog

I make some recommendations in the Wall Street Journal .

  Click on graphic to enlarge. This graph from David Leonhardt's column is illuminating. Now I understand why those of us who are fisca...

  Isn't it a bit odd to base your candidacy on the sunk cost fallacy?

 

I was recently chatting with someone who teaches introductory macroeconomics (not using my favorite textbook). He does not teach the student...

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From research.com .

1. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank seems closely related to the fact that we recently experienced the largest drawdown in bonds in histo...

A wise economist of the center left recently suggested to me that the Biden administration faces a trilemma: They would like to (1) increase...

Cengage, the publisher of my Principles text , is sponsoring an online economics teaching conference on March 10. You can find information ...

My colleague Eric Maskin points me to this opportunity for graduate students .

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff and some BU students and faculty.  You can listen ...

I am not attending the ASSA meeting in person this year, but I will participate via zoom in a session on Efficient and Effective Course Prep...

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Click on image to enlarge. This chart is from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget . The figures are totals between 2021 and 2031.

My recent paper for Brookings is now published. You can access the final version  by clicking here .

Last week, Eric Budish of the University of Chicago gave a great lecture on cryptocurrencies at Harvard. You can watch it by clicking here .

 I don't agree with the sentiment, but I appreciate the humor.