Robert's Stochastic thoughts

A real smack down in the Monkey Cage via Jonathan Bernstein (who summarized better than I can) A catch to Andrew Gelman for correcting an...

There is alleged to be a problem with students taking exams and knowledge spillovers. Another question is whether grownups do this too. Ye...

Paul Krugman wrote The answer all the deficit-panic types offer is basically that we must cut future benefits. But why, exactly, is that s...

How hard is it to get state employment data ? I want past 5 years (told goes through May). I go to www.bls.gov. What a pain. 10 minutes an...

Noah Smith wrote an easy to read version of his thoughts on why DSGE models aren't used by the private sector. It is, of course, an ex...

I am going to do Brad Fair use and cut and past this post . (do click the link anyway to be fairer to him) THURSDAY HISTORY: INTELLECTUAL ...

Comment on a Drum Foser Twitterdebate Drum wrote For better or worse , politicians spend a lot of time thinking about how various audienc...

My daughter needs a Tuberculosis test for a job. This is therefore an experiment in comparative health care system functioning Italy vs USA...

J. Edgar Mihelic read the very incredibly boring post below to the end. Having never met the man, I assume he smells like Noah. Also ...

update: J. Edgar Mihelic read the very incredibly boring post below to the end. Also "Anonymous" read the post to the end. To ...

Arnold Kling agrees with Simon Wren-Lewis that the rational expectations revolution was caused by something other than evidence, and, in par...

Here we go again. There is a blog discussion among Keynesian to New Keynesian economists on the cause of the new Classical & Rational e...

Historically distance travelled North South doesn't hurts a teams world cup chances much less than distance East West does -- time zone...

When you say Dylan, he thinks you mean Dylan Thomas. Man he aint got no culture A think which really exists in the world were you live is ...

Tonight I listened to the Rolling Stones perform in the Circus Maximus in Rome. Of course I didn't buy a ticket (180 Euros and sold out...

Yesterday I checked what was happening in the World Cup. I was surprised to find that Iran had held Argentina to a 0-0 tie after 90 minutes...

I was frustrated to learn that I am not the Waldman[n] who has enough influence to be quoted on Fox News by Megyn Kelly. Paul Waldman manage...

Via Jed Lewison at the Daily Kos Last month Kelley Ayotte, John McCcain, and Lindsey Graham wrote "Since we know where Ahmed abu Khat...

As I type and if I recall correctly, the past four world cup goals have been headers. Wilfried Bonny (Ivory Coast) Gervinho (Ivory Coast) E...