http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Kerk Phillips en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:34 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579174/Economic-theory-uses-scientific-method.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579174/Economic-theory-uses-scientific-method.html Economics requires theory to form testable hypotheses, and theory often required heavy use of mathematics. Without theory and... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:01:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578778/Statistical-analysis-valuable-tool-in-studying-the-economy.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578778/Statistical-analysis-valuable-tool-in-studying-the-economy.html Economics claims to be a social science, but is it really a science? Controlled experiments are often impossible, but... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:01:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865576102/Electric-cars-Are-there-lower-cost-methods-of-reducing-carbon-emissions.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865576102/Electric-cars-Are-there-lower-cost-methods-of-reducing-carbon-emissions.html Buying an electric car reduces carbon emissions in the long-run, but there are significantly lower-cost methods of reducing... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:01:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865574800/Balancing-the-federal-budget-hard-in-the-short-run-policies-will-be-key.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865574800/Balancing-the-federal-budget-hard-in-the-short-run-policies-will-be-key.html Balancing the budget is very hard in the short run. The keys to a restoration of sound fiscal policy are to adopt policies... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:01:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865573462/A-flat-tax-is-not-incapable-of-funding-the-government-and-the-poor.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865573462/A-flat-tax-is-not-incapable-of-funding-the-government-and-the-poor.html Tax season will soon be upon us. Wouldn’t it be nice if filing taxes was not such a long, drawn-out process? Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:01:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865572245/High-tax-rates-can-bring-in-less-money.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865572245/High-tax-rates-can-bring-in-less-money.html Taxes are in the news lately. French film star, Gerard Depardieu announced in December he would be moving from France to... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:01:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619645/Despite-missing-the-fiscal-cliff-we-still-have-a-huge-fiscal-gap.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619645/Despite-missing-the-fiscal-cliff-we-still-have-a-huge-fiscal-gap.html So we avoided the fiscal cliff. Forgive me if I am less than impressed with our political leaders. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618063/Is-buying-risky-financial-assets-a-form-of-gambling.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618063/Is-buying-risky-financial-assets-a-form-of-gambling.html Recently the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a complaint against the online prediction market firm Intrade. Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616024/Even-economically-disasters-like-Hurricane-Sandy-are-bad-things.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616024/Even-economically-disasters-like-Hurricane-Sandy-are-bad-things.html Every time there is a significant natural disaster, I eventually — and unfortunately — hear from someone that... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765614151/Punishing-China-for-currency-manipulation-could-hurt-the-US.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765614151/Punishing-China-for-currency-manipulation-could-hurt-the-US.html A common theme this election cycle and over the last four years has been Chinese currency manipulation Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 MDT