When a state gains population it may also gain a new congressional representative. Frequently this causes the state to redraw its congressional district boundaries. Since 2010 is a Census year, states that gain or lose a representative will be going through the redistricting process. Therefore this is a good time to look into gerrymandering. A... »
President Obama announced a 3 year freeze on the discretionary part of the federal budget. Many liberal economists (including Paul Krugman) decried this as a wrong step. In an economic downturn the government should be spending and not cutting back. I agree in theory,... »
Imagine for a moment that the following story is true: Someone very close to me has been experiencing an incredible run of bad luck. Every day for the past few years my friend (let’s call him Paul) gets mugged. The robbers punch him then take... »
This is the third and probably final article that examines the recent housing bubble. The previous 2 articles (here and here) are related in that they both examine data... »
Our recent economic primer has us re-thinking a previous housing bubble article. There was nothing wrong with the earlier article, but the graphs we used were not as dramatic... »
It is very difficult to talk about the economy and the steps the government is taking to fix the economy without at least a rudimentary understanding of how the... »
