Happy almost New Year everyone! As we head into 2012, here’s a look back at the most popular (by pageviews) posts from 2011. Federal budget issues dominate the list, but pizza, cupcakes, and North Korea also made the cut. Why do half of Americans pay no federal income tax? (Spoiler: low incomes) The day the United [...]
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Top Posts of 2011
Posted in Blog Admin, Budget on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum
Posted in Blog Admin, tagged Blogging on March 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A good chunk of the economics blogging community is converging on Kansas City for the Kauffman Foundation’s third annual Economics Bloggers Forum. Folks on my flight included Tyler Cowen, Matt Yglesias, Dean Baker, Ryan Avent, Dan Mitchell, and Mark Perry. In case you want to watch any of the proceedings live on Friday, here’s the [...]
Top Posts in 2010
Posted in Blog Admin on January 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Happy New Year everyone. To kick off 2011, I thought it would be interesting to look back at the most popular (by pageviews) posts from 2010. They are an eclectic bunch: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes House Prices: Demographics Giveth and Taketh Away Another Year Without a Social Security COLA Can Greece Cut Its [...]
Economic Bloggers Forum on Friday
Posted in Blog Admin, tagged Blogging on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday I will be speaking at the Kauffman Foundation’s second annual Economic Bloggers Forum. Naturally, the event will be webcast and you can submit questions online on the page with the speaker line-up. Panels will discuss the aftermath of the Great Recession, the prospects for growth in Haiti, Afghanistan, and Africa, and the daunting [...]
Now Available in Dozens of Languages
Posted in Blog Admin, International, Internet, tagged Blogging, Google, International on March 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Good news for international readers: Thanks to Google Translate, you can now read this blog in several dozen languages. Just click on the language you want in the box to the right. (For those of you reading this via email, Google Reader, etc., here are some example links: German and Spanish.) P.S. Kudos to the WordPress [...]
Google and Me, Part II
Posted in Blog Admin, Internet, tagged Blogging, Google, Internet on November 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My existential crisis is over. As of last Thursday, Google is again including this blog in its search results. So, welcome to all the new readers who’ve come here after Googling information on the Eggo shortage and the debate about whether kids should get one H1N1 shot or two. This is probably of interest only [...]
Google and Me
Posted in Blog Admin, Data, Internet, tagged Blogging, Google, Internet, Search, unemployment on September 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A strange this happened last week: Google misplaced my blog. I’ve run all the usual diagnostics, and I can confirm that Google still knows that my blog exists. But it no longer appears in any of the searches – e.g., “natural gas price”, “unemployment”, “budget deficit”, or “brooke boemio” – that used to help new [...]
Welcome
Posted in Blog Admin on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to my new blog. This is an experiment. I intend to use the blog to share thoughts on economics, finance, and, occasionally, life. But we will see how it evolves. Feedback is appreciated. Please click on over to the contact form if you’d like to share any thoughts on the blog, on the economy, [...]
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