US medical costs register first decline since 1970s

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The biggest trade deal of all time is being negotiated and nobody’s paying attention.

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Seriously, We Have to Stop Giving Away Free Parking to the Disabled

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Maybe buses should be free

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Fed Keeps $85 Billion Pace of Bond Buying, Sees Risks Waning

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Inflation at 53-Year Low Gives Bernanke Time to Press on With QE

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Krugman Finally Wakes Up To The Corrupt Intellectual-Property System

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Comprehensive cross-country statistics resource: 100s of economic, social and demographic indicators across 200 countries, free via Quandl.

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End of US ban on oil exports sought as production rises

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No Taper Tipoff: Fed Keeps the Easing Going

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7 charts that make a case for the Fed not to taper QE3

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‘Why I am a fiscalist’

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Mark Blyth @GoogleTalks: has a lot of interesting things to say about austerity and economics around the world.

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Obama hints at Bernanke’s 2014 exit

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Herbert Dow, the Monopoly Breaker

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Why China has the worst farms in the world

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State budget transparency: How demographics, service costs, and labor market conditions drive K-12 spending

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Jenkins: The Young Won’t Buy ObamaCare

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Does Public-Sector Employment Fully Crowd Out Private-Sector Employment?

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Redback rising

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