Stand-Up Economist Blog 
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In the news
Posted 8/15/11
King County’s death-penalty dilemma: Soaring cost worth it? As Texas Dries Out, Life Falters and Fades The Hope That Flows From History, By CHRISTINA D. ROMER (a comparison of the Great Depression and now) Chinese Director’s Path From Rebel to Insider Washington Carbon Tax: New Model and Analysis: How a BC-style carbon tax would work [...]
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In the news
Posted 7/31/11
At Least 35 Killed and 210 Hurt in Crash of 2 Trains in China, Train Wreck in China Heightens Unease on Safety Standards, In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China Censorship (but note that the Great Firewall has suddenly started blocking nytimes.com; fortunately I have VPN access), Chinese Officials Blame Design Flaws in [...]
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In the news
Posted 7/18/11
Chinese Web Search Giant Serves Two Masters Politicians Can’t Agree on Debt? Well, Neither Can Economists The Voice of a GPS Device on Your Phone, at a Price China Urges U.S. to Protect Creditors by Raising Debt. See also Krugman’s Getting to Crazy Murder Conviction Most Foul, more bad news about the death penalty Death [...]
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In the news
Posted 7/10/11
What Obama Wants, By PAUL KRUGMAN: “In last weekend’s presidential address… Mr. Obama had this to say about the economics of the budget: “Government has to start living within its means, just like families do…” No, the government shouldn’t budget the way families do; on the contrary, trying to balance the budget in times of [...]
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In the news
Posted 6/29/11
Tiantongyuan, where I’ll be living in Beijing (along with 399,999 other people!). Another photo. Microsoft Takes to Cloud to Ward Off Competition New Drugs Fight Prostate Cancer, but at High Cost One Math Museum, Many Variables Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off Prominent Chinese Dissident Hu Jia Is Released From Jail The Names of Love [...]
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In the news
Posted 6/23/11
Expert on Mental Illness Reveals Her Own Fight Chinese Gadfly Emerges From Jail With Uncharacteristic Silence Bacteria develop restraint for survival in a rock-paper-scissors community (cool UW study with an undergrad co-author! For micro book…) Why hasn’t commercial air travel gotten any faster?: “By the laws of physics, the increase in drag equals the square [...]
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In the news
Posted 6/17/11
The Human Face of Economics, an IMF profile of George Akerlof The End of Abundance: economic solutions to water scarcity, a book by David Zetland Lead Poisoning in China: The Hidden Scourge Recipe: Small Space, Big Flavor: First, Start the Beans Former Rep. Inglis to Launch Conservative Coalition to Address Climate Change Call Off the [...]
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In the news
Posted 6/10/11
More Trade and More Aid: “rethinking how we help displaced workers in order to revive political support for the free trade our economy needs” (Macro2) “Recession sessions“, an album from a band (of economics undergrads!) that plays “financial folk” music. Gazette opinion: Tough time to make case for climate change policy (Billings MT) The Gas [...]
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In the news
Posted 6/04/11
Bombshell: High and rising price for carbon pollution emerges as credible deficit reduction strategy China’s Economy Slows, but Inflation Still Looms Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space Between Young and Old, a Political Collision (macro3) Shale Boom in Texas Could Increase U.S. Oil Output Squandering Medicare’s Money (macro3) Needed: Plain Talk About the Dollar By [...]
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Wedding photos!
Posted 5/20/11
Some of my favorites from May 7 2011, photos by Natalie Cass of Cass Studios: The house The lovely backyard The happy couple My family and my father Laura’s family The ceremony Getting the ring from my nephew Logan Putting the ring on it I was really nervous so Laura had trouble putting my ring [...]
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