Archive for October, 2007
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007When Poland joined the European Union in 2004, the United Kingdom opened its borders to Polish immigrants. The New York Times reports on the impacts of this wave of immigrants. A few highlights: It’s estimated that Poles in Britain have an estimated combined disposable income of 4 billion dollars annually. Poles are thought of so […]
Is the budget deficit responsible for high gas prices?
Friday, October 19th, 2007Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief at MotherJones, thinks so. In a post that received over 1300 diggs she notes: “Thus, of the $59 increase in the cost of a barrel of oil to a U.S. consumer, more than $30 is due to the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar and the fiscal and trade policies that have contributed […]
Why end the comments?
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Greg Mankiw removed the comments section from his blog. He explained why: “I just don’t have the time to police comments and enforce good behavior, especially since some posts were generating more than 100 comments. And I don’t want to host a party in which a small vitriolic minority consistently tries to ruin the event […]
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