Economics Social Sciences Fact Check: Romney’s Debate Dig at Spain Lavish Spanish spending. Feeds six. Here’s a quick fact-check on Mitt Romney’s mid-debate comment last night, that the… Marc Herman
Economics Economics Less Dismal: To End a Recession, Cheer for the Underdog Hey coach, what’s the p/e on that? Greece’s national soccer team warms up. Last night, Barcelona’s soccer team beat… Marc Herman
Economics Today in Saving Print: The Green Bay Packers Model Via The Guardian: A bad call but a great metaphor A German newspaper, Die Tageszeitung, has figured out how… Marc Herman
Economics Proof Positive That Our Sources are Geniuses A quick shout-out to Raj Chetty, one of 23 recipients of this year’s John D. and Catherine T.… Michael Todd
Economics The Wall Street Crackdown America’s Been Waiting for? A bunchofoutlets reported yesterday that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman subpoenaed seven of the world’s largest banks over the… Michael Fitzgerald
Economics Is New Mexico Hoarding All the Good Chile, or Just Really Bad at Selling It? New Mexico’s semi-famous green chile harvest came early this year. It’s now. Mass roasting of the smokey-yet-sweet-yet-piquant nightshade… Marc Herman
Economics Angry Spanish Now Dancing in Bank Lobbies, Are Good At It Since last spring, a Seville-based performance group calling itself Flo6x8 has been sending trained dancers into the lobbies… Marc Herman
Economics Economics: the Academic Discipline that Wins by Eating Everything People inside the federal government sometimes describe Washington as a battleground between economists and lawyers. Case in point: when… John Gravois
Social Justice Branding Bilbao: A Cultural Investment That Paid Off Thanks in large part to the media attention it has attracted, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a rare success story for the Spanish economy. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice How Much Does Global Warming Cost? A new report suggests that the social cost of carbon — the economic damage done by one ton of carbon dioxide emissions — could be drastically higher than government agencies have estimated. Dan Watson