Author Archives: mkevane

Wow, you mean they give $1000 to poor people in Kenya and it really, really helps them!  Amazing!  All that time I was donating to dumb NGOs who didn’t do anything; I mean, they didn’t even evaluate rigorously what they … Continue reading →

Nice article on inflation and monetary policy.  Sometimes incoherent, in that occasionally mistakes private benefit for public gains… (but rarely mistakes private losses for public losses)… The Fed, in a break from its historic focus on suppressing inflation, has tried … Continue reading →

If 3 million people signed up to Kaiser, who otherwise didn’t have insurance, we’d be a better country with happier people (having insurance and a doctor available is very reassuring… and not having your neighborhood host fundraisers for insurance-less musicians … Continue reading →

But those challenges aren’t insurmountable. The ranks of women in the presidency — as well as top administrators, including many in business positions — continue to grow. Women now lead half of the Ivy League, including universities that didn’t admit … Continue reading →

Well, don’t believe their baloney. I just went to Cover California, and in about 30 seconds I could see health insurance plans available for me.*  The premium plans for family of four costs about $1800 per month.  Expensive, but actually … Continue reading →

I’m teaching using Mankiw’s Macroeconomics 8th edition and on page 138, Chapter 6, he uses an example to illustrate and develop intuition of what is always a problem for students, that capital flows have to equal current account (NX = … Continue reading →

At present, according to news reports, the only sticking point is what to do about the medical devices tax (2.3%) which is estimated to raise about $3 b a year, how long the deal should be for (Jan? Feb?), and … Continue reading →