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Wisconsin and Academic Freedom

Just a quick note of thanks to Chancellor Biddy Martin and the University of Wisconsin. The university has responded well to the Freedom of Information Act request for the e-mails of Professor Cronon. Which, by law, it had to do. It appears to have complied with the request and yet maintained both its dignity and […]

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Jobs: So What?

I don’t want to sound unduly negative. Today’s report on unemployment is good news. Sort of. The economy added 216,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate slipped very slightly to 8.8%. Terrific. Especially for the newly employed. Well done everyone. But. We all know what the caution should be. This is good news only if […]

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Wet Economics?

Let’s get our feet wet. Or at least dirty. Or maybe not. Why pull on those boots and ramble about by the stream, river or beach, when there’s a nice safe swimming pool nearby? That, in a nutshell is the schism in economics. One sort of economist wanders about the mountain side and studies the […]

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