Posts with Comments by Jay Fink

Tracking economists’ consensus on money illusion, as a proxy for Keynesianism

Posted by on March 19, 2009, filed under Uncategorized; 40 Comments.
  • Jay Fink March 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
    Check out this prediction from 1998! 
     
    www.progress.org/archive/fold48.htm

    • Different American conservatisms: Mormons and Southerners

    Posted by on November 13, 2008, filed under Uncategorized; 91 Comments.
  • Jay Fink November 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
    Here's something else New Englanders have in common with Mormons..low smoking rates. According to the CDC Utah has the lowest smoking rate at 11.8%. Both Connecticut (15.4%) and Massachusetts (16.4%) rank in the bottom 5 states. Other NE states such as Vermont and Rhode Island also rank well below avergae. At the other extreme, Kentucky (28.2%) and West Virginia (26.9%) have the highest smoking prevalences in the U.S.

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