Macroeconomics

Chapter 3 Supply and Demand

    "Very, Very Big Corn",   Wall Street Journal, January 27, 2007.

    "The Parking Fix", Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2007.

    "Bush Plays Traffic Copy in Budget Request", Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2007.

    "Ethanol Tariff Loophole Sparks a Boom in the Caribbean", Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2007.

    "US Farmers Rediscover the Allure of Tobacco", Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2007.

    "Ethanol Boom is Running out of Steam", Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2007.

    "The Cotton Club", Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2007.

    "Ethanol's Water Shortage", Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2007.

    "Cheap no More", Economist, December 6, 2007.

    "Green Acres",   Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2007.

    "The Unsavory Cost of Capping Food Prices",  Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2008.

    "Amber Waves of Green", Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2008.

    "Fewer Acres of Corn Likely to Keep Prices High", Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008.

    "Oil Refinements", Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2008.

    "Windfall Profits for Dummies", Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2008.

    "In Corn vs. Soybeans, It's no Contest",  Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2008.

Business Cycles and Recessions

    Interview Robert Whaples" Region Focus, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,

           Summer 2005. Covers the topic: Did the New Deal lengthen the Depression?

    "Restoring the Balance" Economist, September 24, 2005

    "For the Danish, A Job Loss Can Be Learning Experience", Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2005.

    "Redefining Recession", Economist, September 11, 2008.

Monetary Policy

    "The Mandarins of Money", Economist, August 9, 2007.

    "Faulty Powers, Is monetary policy still a potent weapon against recession?" Economist, January 26, 2008.

    "Busy Fed Might Need to Reload", Wall Street Journal, March 27 2008.

    "Questions for the Fed", Wall Street Journal, April 3 2008.

    "Ben's Bind", Economist, May 1, 2008.

    "When Hawks Cry", Economist, September 11, 2008.

Fiscal Policy

    "Rich, Stats, Poor States", Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2007.

    "The Tax Gap Myth", Wall Street Journal, January 30, 2007.

    "Tax Cuts Helped Economy Stay Afloat", Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2007.

    "Democrats Outline Tax Approach"  Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2007.

    "Rangel Expresses Openness to Corporate-Tax Rate Cut", Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2007.

    "The Supply Side Solution", Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2007.

    "Taxation without Justification",  Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2008.

    "A Supply Side World",  Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2008.

    "The Tax Threat to Prosperity", Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2008.

    "States of Opportunity", Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2008.

    "Texas vs. Ohio", Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2008.

    "Deficit Hawks Try, Try Again", Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2008.

    "The Coming Tax Bomb", Wall Street Journal, April 8, 2008.

    "The Folly of Family Friendly Tax Policy", Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2008.

    "Obama's Tax Evasion", Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2008.

    "America's Bailout Plan, The Doctors Bill", Economist, September 25, 2008.

    "How not to Balance a Budget", Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2008.

    "Policy in a recession, Putting the air back in"  Economist, October 30, 2008.

International Trade

    "For Some Manufacturers, There are Benefits to Keeping Production at Home", Wall Street Journal,  January 22, 2007.

    "Federal Aid Does Little for Free Trade's Losers", Wall Street Journal,  March 1, 2007.

    "Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts", Wall Street Journal,  March 28, 2007.

    "Gatt Turns 60", Wall Street Journal,  April 9, 2007.

    "The Cotton Club", Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2007.

    "Dollar's Dive Deepens as Oil Soars",  Wall Street Journal, February  29, 2008.

    "Closed Minds and Open Skies", Barron's, March 10, 2008.

    "The Dollar and the Credit Crunch", Wall Street Journal, March 31 2008.

    "Columbia and Cat", Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2008.

    "Exports Prop up Local Economies", Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2008.