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Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

Economics requires theory to form testable hypotheses, and theory often required heavy use of mathematics. Without theory and testable hypotheses, we would be unable to understand the economy.

Statistical analysis valuable tool in studying the economy

Published: Monday, April 22, 2013 5:01 pm MDT

Economics claims to be a social science, but is it really a science? Controlled experiments are often impossible, but statistical tools make it possible for economists to rigorously and objectively examine data...

Electric cars: Are there lower-cost methods of reducing carbon emissions?

Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 3:01 pm MDT

Buying an electric car reduces carbon emissions in the long-run, but there are significantly lower-cost methods of reducing carbon emissions.

Balancing the federal budget hard in the short run; policies will be key

Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 3:01 pm MST

Balancing the budget is very hard in the short run. The keys to a restoration of sound fiscal policy are to adopt policies that encourage more rapid growth of the economy and put meaningful and enforceable cap...

A flat tax is not incapable of funding the government and the poor

Published: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:01 pm MST

Tax season will soon be upon us. Wouldn’t it be nice if filing taxes was not such a long, drawn-out process?

High tax rates can bring in less money

Published: Monday, February 4, 2013 3:01 pm MST

Taxes are in the news lately. French film star, Gerard Depardieu announced in December he would be moving from France to neighboring Belgium to avoid an increase in taxes.

Despite missing the fiscal cliff, we still have a huge fiscal gap

Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 12:00 am MST

So we avoided the fiscal cliff. Forgive me if I am less than impressed with our political leaders.

Is buying risky financial assets a form of gambling?

Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:00 am MST

Recently the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a complaint against the online prediction market firm Intrade.

Even economically, disasters like Hurricane Sandy are bad things

Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:00 am MST

Every time there is a significant natural disaster, I eventually — and unfortunately — hear from someone that there is at least one upside: the disaster will be good for the economy. And every time ...

Punishing China for currency manipulation could hurt the U.S.

Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:00 am MDT

A common theme this election cycle and over the last four years has been Chinese currency manipulation