The Growth of the Welfare State

Source. Click on the graphic to enlarge.

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, and Your Economists, Too

Click here to read my column in Sunday's NY Times.

An economist breaks up with his girlfriend

...when it is the utility-maximizing thing to do.

Are Google Ads Racially Biased?

Chapter 19 of my favorite textbook has a case study on research establishing that resumes with names more common in the black community get less response from employers than resumes with names more common in the white community.  Today's Boston Globe has a related article about the results you get when you google a person.

An Econ Conference for Undergrads

In April at Georgetown.  Click through if you might be interested.

Congratulations to Jim Stock

President Obama has appointed my Harvard colleague Jim Stock to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Summer School in Economic Theory

Grad students in economics can click here to learn about 2013 Jerusalem Summer School in Economic Theory. It is ten-day program run by my Harvard colleague Eric Maskin.