Archive - Econ Soapbox

The Sale of Public Land

Reason should rule the day

11 hrs ago •

Patrick Gourley

More than you wanted to know: Charles de Gaulle

Notes on a Frenchman

Jun 23 •

Patrick Gourley

Two Stories about West Haven

Things are backwards

Jun 16 •

Patrick Gourley

International Students in America

Jun 9 •

Patrick Gourley

Bad Statistics and Worse Economics in Baseball

A lesson on conditional probability

Jun 2 •

Patrick Gourley

May 2025

Why Pope Leo XIV was Elected

It's the resume

May 26 •

Patrick Gourley

Abundance and Robert Moses

May 19 •

Patrick Gourley

Articles about Americans moving to Europe are not on the level

Sometimes the absence of evidence is evidence of absence

May 12 •

Patrick Gourley

Geography may rule the day

May 5 •

Patrick Gourley

April 2025

When unequal is equal

A terrible economic policy from the UK

Apr 28 •

Patrick Gourley

What should the Fed do?

Battling inflation and low growth will not be easy

Apr 21 •

Patrick Gourley

Down Syndrome and the Minimum Wage

Examining a little-known loophole

Apr 14 •

Patrick Gourley

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