"My colleague Samuel Bowles used to say that there are two types of economist: the Priest and the Engineer. The Priest…"

"The macro-principles textbooks don’t represent our field well. Little of the exciting work that’s been done by this g…"

"It is deeply unfair to blame textbook economics either for the crisis or for the poor response to the crisis. The man…"

"More than a decade ago, when Robin and I began writing the first edition of this textbook, we had many small ideas: p…"

"Even when Econ 101 is right, that doesn’t always mean that it’s important – certainly not that it’s the most importan…"

"In our standard economics textbooks and in our modern political debates, laissez-faire is the default rule; anyone wh…"

"I don’t care who writes a nation’s laws—or crafts its advanced treaties—if I can write its economics textbooks."

"Evidence is given, but it is relegated to a brief aside. The kids don't see the data for themselves. They don't learn…"

"The most obvious negative feature of capitalism is that it can produce private monopolies that restrict output and th…"

"Severe inequality undermines political stability, and political stability is foundational for financial market develo…"