The Science Fiction World Has A Lot

I Have Friends, Political Scientists, Sociologists, Who All Share An Interest At Least In Certain Kinds Of Science Fiction.

As An Economics Professor I Am By Nature Inclined To The View That The Truth Isn't Out There, It's In Here - That Usually You Learn A Lot More By Thinking Really Hard About The Data Than You Do By Sniffing Around For Supposedly Inside Information.

Unsustainable Situations Usually Go On Longer Than Most Economists Think Possible. But They Always End, And When They Do, It's Often Painful.

A Snarky But Accurate Description Of Monetary Policy Over The Past Five Years Is That The Federal Reserve Successfully Replaced The Technology Bubble With A Housing Bubble

If You Had To Explain America's Economic Success With One Word, That Word Would Be "education".... Until Now, The Results Of Educational Neglect Have Been Gradual - A Slow-motion Erosion Of America's Relative Position. But Things Are About To Get Much Worse, As The Economic Crisis ... Deals A Severe Blow To Education Across The Board.... We Need To Wake Up And Realize That One Of The Keys To Our Nation's Historic Success Is Now A Wasting Asset. Education Made America Great; Neglect Of Education Can Reverse The Process.