About EconomicsGet the latest headlines from the About.com Economics GuideSite.Two Carbon Tax Plans Released- June 26, 2008 Last week the Liberal Party of Canada and the Green Party of Canada released their carbon tax plan. It appears they're both applying to be let in to the...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257463.htm How Storable is Oil- June 25, 2008 Reader Steve made a terrific comment on a recent blog post: Long speculators continually roll their long position forward at expiration time. I dont have direct experience with oil markets but...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257462.htm Feds Stand Pat on Interest Rates- June 25, 2008 Today's move was not much of a surprise. However, I found the release itself quite interesting. The common wisdom was that, at some point in 2008, the Fed...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257461.htm The U.S. Dollar, Oil and the Fed- June 23, 2008 My colleague John Russell, the Guide for the Forex site for About.com recently discussed the role of the U.S. dollar in high oil prices: Many times, no one comments on the...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257460.htm Are Speculators 'Doubling' Gas Prices- June 23, 2008 According to this article some 'experts' believe this to be the case: Basically, the experts say, there isn't a supply problem; there's plenty of oil. Speculators now account for 70 percent...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257459.htm Terrific Econ Grad School Advice From Bryan Caplan- June 19, 2008 This describes my experiences in graduate school perfectly - and goes a long way in explaining why I tend to prefer the "real world" to academia. Bryan Caplan on...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257458.htm Would Oil Prices Continue to Be So High If We Got Rid of All the Speculators- June 17, 2008 Many have blamed the rapid rise in oil prices in 2007 and the first-half of 2008 on speculators. But if we somehow banned speculators from trading oil futures and options,...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257457.htm Thanking the Bloggers Who Helped Me With My Challenge- June 12, 2008 I met my May goal and have a new plan to meet my June goal. For the first 3 months I had 9 blogs helping me out with my...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257456.htm Is There Such a Thing As a Revenue Neutral Tax Swap- June 11, 2008 The most common argument I hear against a green tax swap is along the following lines: Do you really think think that governments will make an offsetting tax cut How...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257455.htm What Do Experts Know About the Future of Oil Prices Not Much.- June 10, 2008 On the same theme as my last post. I received a press release from 40mpg.org this morning that started as follows: While some experts scoffed back in January when 40MPG.org...http://economics.about.com/b/a/257454.htm |