The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
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Shameless Plugs
(1) Cover Article All Over the Internets: The news aggregators have been going to town with the cover article for
New Issue! Plus, various items
(1) Our July/August issue is out! E-subscribers got their copies yesterday, and print copies have been shipped to
Teaching Economics, Big-Bank Style
The New York Times, citing results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (publicized as “The Nation’s Report Card”
What Drives the War on Drugs?
First it was the Dominican limo driver, who disappeared while driving a client upstate. When my husband extracted him from
Can Killing Government Prevent Special Interest Capture?
In my last post on meat markets and securities markets, I argued that competitive markets require government oversight to prevent
Europe Slumming, foreclosure rulings, etc.
(Click on the image above--it is from a very interesting exhibit from 2005.) (1) Europe Slumming It: Last month
Seniors, Students, and Who "Creates Jobs"
(1) Seniors: Hat-tip to regular blog reader TM for alerting us to an op-ed by WashPo economics blah-
Blog is back up; Right targets NLRB
A quick post, now that the blog is back up. (Thanks to D&S subscriber and WordPress expert Shaun
New Issue; Bill Black on Le Show
(1) May/June issue in the mail: E-subscribers have received their May/June issue, and print subscribers should be
Right-wing attacks labor studies
We were outraged to learn about the recent attack on our friend and colleague Judy Ancel, by the unscrupulously malignant
Dodd-Frank revisited
A headline in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had me wondering whether their proofreader had missed an extra comma: Wall
Last-Minute Tax-Day Actions
I always do my taxes at the last minute, so it's characteristic of me to be doing a