Greg Mankiw's Blog

" Europe's lower inequality levels cannot be explained by more equalizing tax and transfer systems. After accounting for indirect t...

I will be speaking at he 18 th Annual Economics Teaching Conference sponsored by the National Economics Teaching Association (NETA) and Cen...

This paper  from the Bank of England is interesting. A tidbit: Inflation rates across firms have become more dispersed and skewed since the ...

According to CBO : In calendar year 2022, enacting the bill would have a negligible effect on inflation, in CBO’s assessment. In calendar ye...

I just read Thomas Piketty's latest book, A Brief History of Equalit y . It is the best window into Piketty's thinking to date in pa...

I just finished reading The Parent Trap: How to Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis by Nate Hilger. Some years ago, Nat...

News reports say the President Biden may propose a temporary reduction in the gasoline tax, and Secretary Yellen over the weekend said the i...

I am so happy that my college roommate's play Take Me Out just won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Congratulations, Richard!

My paper with the above title, coauthored with Larry Ball, is now forthcoming in The Review of Economic Studies . You can find the revised v...

A common story about the recent inflation surge in the United States--especially among members of Team Transitory--is that the surge is larg...

Click here to read my new working paper,  Government Debt and Capital Accumulation in an Era of Low Interest Rates .

Tomorrow, I will be giving a webinar on the 40-year decline in real interest rates. If you are interested, click here .

I spoke at a Brookings panel today on the topic in the title of this post. Here you can watch my presentation. I am the first speaker.  

Harvard's Ricardo Hausmann says a large tax on energy imports from Russia is a policy worth considering, perhaps better than an embargo.

 ...from Jon Steinsson : Imagine going 3 years back in time and asking any Fed official what they would do if CPI inflation was 7.9% (and co...

 1. A powerful speech by Ukraine's president . 2. A heartfelt plea from economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko .

I was born in New Jersey, grew up in New Jersey, and have spent most of adult life in Massachusetts, but I have always felt a kinship with U...

On March 3, I will be interviewed by my old friend Linda Ghent. Click here if you are interested in attending this virtual event.

Graduate students with an interest in economic theory and/or international trade should look into  this opportunity ,  run by my colleague E...