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Jon
[2013/01/26 01:44
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Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
We'd be better omitting G from GDP. Sure that not enitirely fairly. There...
Richard
[2013/01/26 12:27
AM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
To the substance of the issue, could this and other statistical manipulatio...
Ben Hughes
[2013/01/26 12:22
AM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Does this imply that GDP is "overestimated" (that's the wrong word, but can...
Richard
[2013/01/26 12:21
AM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Scenario 1. Tomorrow, ExxonMobil spontaneously hires an unemployed petroleu...
jdgalt
[2013/01/25 10:48
PM,
Lefty's Laffer Curve]:
This doesn't yet relate directly to Mr. Mickelson, but it easily could:
St...
jdgalt
[2013/01/25 10:33
PM,
The ObamaCare-Induced Shift to Part-Time Work]:
Companies that cut hours for this reason had better pay attention to that p...
Let's Be Free
[2013/01/25 09:59
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Great post. It’s often forgotten that the GDP equation is really nothing m...
eric falkenstein
[2013/01/25 09:49
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
I remember Hyman Minsky always telling me that Investment and Government Sp...
Garett Jones
[2013/01/25 09:46
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Blink:
Let me guess, based on what I know about how government calculates ...
Brent
[2013/01/25 09:31
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
@ Daniel
Yes, I had the same question right away, and that's how I answere...
Garett Jones
[2013/01/25 09:30
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Daniel:
Yes, that's just what I'm saying:
When the private sector makes a...
blink
[2013/01/25 09:11
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
How about if the worker is productive? Suppose the worker finds either $10...
Ghost of Christmas Past
[2013/01/25 09:07
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
"First, we show that immigrants generally participate in the safety net at ...
Daniel Kuehn
[2013/01/25 08:30
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
I think I'm confused... the income approach to GDP seems like it would capt...
David R. Henderson
[2013/01/25 08:17
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
@MingoV,
This is a great example of data manipulation to reach a desired co...
Steve Fritzinger
[2013/01/25 08:16
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Our compulsive need to reduce incredibly complex phenomenon down to one num...
Matt
[2013/01/25 07:59
PM,
Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition]:
Would you argue for excluding government expenditure on labor to resolve th...
D
[2013/01/25 06:03
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
"generally participate in the safety net at lower rates than natives once w...
MingoV
[2013/01/25 05:25
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
... immigrants generally participate in the safety net at lower rates than ...
David R. Henderson
[2013/01/25 05:00
PM,
The Thriving Middle Class]:
@christopher fisher,
You are forgetting the mandatory green movement. Dishw...
David R. Henderson
[2013/01/25 04:47
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
@Alex Nowrasteh,
Thanks. Interesting. Can you give a cite on that?...
Alex Nowrasteh
[2013/01/25 04:45
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
The elderly they write about are mostly immigrants who came when they were ...
Miguel
[2013/01/25 04:23
PM,
Huemer's Common-Sense Libertarianism]:
Wow, it's pretty awesome that Huemer was here!
About that: one of the meri...
David R. Henderson
[2013/01/25 02:54
PM,
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence]:
@Ken B,
Good point, Ken B. That's why I titled it the way I did: not to bi...
RPLong
[2013/01/25 02:02
PM,
Huemer's Common-Sense Libertarianism]:
Mr. Huemer,
Thanks very much for the reply. It could be that I don't under...
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Government Hiring: Raising GDP by Definition
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Ben Hughes: Does this imply that GDP is "overestimated" (that's the wrong word, but can...
Richard: To the substance of the issue, could this and other statistical manipulatio...
Jon: We'd be better omitting G from GDP. Sure that not enitirely fairly. There...
Lefty's Laffer Curve
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Ken B: DRH quoting PRS quoting OWI apologize for the intelligence of my remarks."
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Steve Sailer: hil has probably paid over $50 million in California income taxes, while Ti...
jdgalt: This doesn't yet relate directly to Mr. Mickelson, but it easily could:
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The ObamaCare-Induced Shift to Part-Time Work
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Brad D: Are you saying that incentives matter?...
ThomasH: These consequences were predictable and presumably predicted, results of th...
jdgalt: Companies that cut hours for this reason had better pay attention to that p...
Welfare as a Magnet for Immigration: Some Evidence
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D: "generally participate in the safety net at lower rates than natives once w...
David R. Henderson: @MingoV,
This is a great example of data manipulation to reach a desired co...
Ghost of Christmas Past: "First, we show that immigrants generally participate in the safety net at ...
The Thriving Middle Class
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MG: @Prof Henderson,
This is a great subject. It would be interesting to have...
shecky: The quality of almost everything we get is higher than it was 30 or 40 year...
David R. Henderson: @christopher fisher,
You are forgetting the mandatory green movement. Dishw...
Huemer's Common-Sense Libertarianism
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Ken B: @Michael Huemer:
What do you say to the objections raised about your readin...
RPLong: Mr. Huemer,
Thanks very much for the reply. It could be that I don't under...
Miguel: Wow, it's pretty awesome that Huemer was here!
About that: one of the meri...
Russ on Progress and Signaling
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Richard: Tracy, I've read the Nisbett book, and his estimates of to what degree IQ i...
Hopaulius: "I know many autodidacts who equal or exceed the knowledge of conventional ...
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When is a Spending Multiplier "Big"?
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Ken B: This is an excellent post. One follow up question. Is there a way to break ...
MingoV: I read a summary of a recently published paper (I don't remember the refere...
Joe Cushing: I can't even look at another article about the multiplier. The whole idea ...
Acemoglu and Robinson on Global Warming
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Daublin: It's a very important question, David. Public policy is a matter of costs a...
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The Conservative Missionary Redux: What Jonah Goldberg Should Have Said
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Philo: Only 10 or 20%?...
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