American Economist

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D....

The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Years...

HEADNOTE Abstract In a retrospective on Milton Friedman, Paul Krugman is critical of Friedman's remarks on monetary base...

HEADNOTE Abstract We find that student performance on questions posed in the standard heterogeneous combination of algebraic direct...

HEADNOTE Abstract Who were the Chicago Boys and what was their path into Pinochet's dictatorship? Speculation abounds about...

HEADNOTE Abstract This study extends previous work on the asymmetric information hypothesis by comparing the Federal Reserve and...

HEADNOTE Abstract Many studies have examined the bid price (Willingness to Pay or WTP) and the Ask price...

HEADNOTE Abstract The analysis of public policy issues in the classroom can be a powerful tool to help...

HEADNOTE Abstract A sample of leading introductory economics textbooks reveals that most devote little space to the method...

HEADNOTE Abstract It is often suggested that economics is a good major for individuals interested in being business...

HEADNOTE Abstract This paper contrasts four distinct versions of the Prisoner's Dilemma (the commons, public goods, biological altruism,...

HEADNOTE Abstract Journal articles are sometimes later reprinted as chapters of edited books. The question whether citations of...

HEADNOTE Abstract This paper attempts to address the essential legacy of Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) spread over a broad...

HEADNOTE Abstract Economic science is generally considered less viable than the physical sciences. Sophisticated mathematical models of the...

I find introspection to be painful. Looking back, I recall doing little of it before age sixteen. Instead,...

I've spent a considerable amount of time as an editor. I've rejected about 2,500 papers, and accepted 200....