Gilles Saint-Paul on why U.S. economic policymakers have gotten so hysterical

And now, as promised, my e-mail from Gilles Saint-Paul of the Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse in response to my question about why economists outside the U.S. seem to think we need a recession while economists within argue that we need to do whatever we can to fight it. The U.S. economy does not [...]

Moody’s is a little confused about how easy/hard it is to manage risk

From an e-mail I got a few minutes ago from the Moody’s Training Services Group: UPCOMING MOODY’S TRAINING SEMINARS Learn how to stay on top of risk from one of the world’s most qualified sources RISK Understand, Measure, Manage …. From “Archaeology of the Crisis,” the angst-ridden January 2008 report by Moody’s chief international economist [...]

Immigration is not as big an issue for voters as some people thought

I’ve been busy writing my column, and I figure this blog really isn’t the place anybody turns to for election analysis. But one thing struck me about last night’s Republican results that is of some economic interest: Immigration wasn’t anywhere close to being a decisive issue. If it were, Romney would have done a lot [...]