The Efficient Economist

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David Robertus

David Robertus
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Longmont, Colorado,
Bio
David lives in Colorado with his wife and kids. He studied geography and economics at the University of Texas and works as a consulting software engineer.

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AUGUST 26, 2011 1:07PM

Push on a string or pull on a rope

The Fed is not going to save us from this economic contraction. It can't. It has done everything conceivable to prevent things from getting worse by buying government debt and at one point backing essentially the entire commercial paper market (might still be for all we know). If the economy was… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 10:48AM

The Libertarian "Blind-spot"

I know quite a few Libertarians.  A disproportionate number of them are small business owners, savvy, or at least more entrepreneurial than most people I know.  I have come to recognize what seems to be a blind spot, of sorts, in their economic view point that I was at a

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APRIL 21, 2010 6:30PM

Books Revisited Review

I have always found the value of book reviews to be limited to the kind of book being reviewed.  A review of fiction is probably as good one day as the next.  Nonfiction, and in this case economics, is another matter.  I've decided to read books from years ago and see… Read full post »

The health care bill passed last night, and I have to admit I was initially indifferent, the main reason being that I honestly didn't expect it to pass so I had largely ignored it.  Last night I delved into the thing.  All crying in the beer aside, this bill is (probably)… Read full post »

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Inefficient Statistics: Inflation, the Fed, and the Bubble Economy

Asset bubbles have been familiar in the American economy for over a century, but over the last several decades they have gained new prominence.  During these years inflation has also been near a h
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Towards an Efficient Health Care System

It is an accepted ideology that "the market" or "market economy" is the most efficient economic system and always produces the optimal results for solving a given economic problem.  The problem with this ideology is that the
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