Greg Mankiw's Blog

 ... based on relevance for central banks .  At the top is  the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity , followed by the  Quarterly Journal o...

In recent years, I have been teaching a seminar to a small group of Harvard freshmen. I described the seminar in this essay  in the NY Times...

I just finished reading Chip War by Chris Miller (a professor of international history at Tufts). It is a fascinating history of the semico...

These TV shows aren't new, but they were new to me, and I enjoyed them both: Borgen (a Danish political drama) and Caliphate (a Swedis...

Adam Smith's exact birth date is unknown, but it was sometime in June 1723.  So, 300 years ago this month.  I thought I should not let t...

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.