Special Pleading from Yet Another Interest Group

A reader has noticed this call from the nation’s astrologers for extra public funding.

Upcoming SSISI events

SSISI have a very interesting schedule for this term:  full details here.

ESRI Budget Perspectives 2010 conference

This ESRI conference is taking place this morning.

The new Governor Patrick Honohan delivered an opening address which provides an interesting analysis of the Irish economic and fiscal situation: his speech is here.

The ESRI has also released its new quarterly forecast: here.

The conference also features a number of research papers, which can be found here.

In addition,  there was a roundtable on the Commission on Taxation Report: my contribution to that roundtable is available here.

Global Imbalances and the Financial Crisis

Obstfeld and Rogoff have a new paper on this important topic.

First-Year Grad Student Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Greg Mankiw has scooped a pre-release of next week’s announcement.