Thinking about what happens to interest rates when foreign capital inflows slow
The economics of email
Last week I received the following email message. I bet some of you did, too.
Enhanced oil recovery
The Department of Energy issued a series of optimistic reports on Friday about the potential for carbon-dioxide-based enhanced oil recovery methods (CO2-EOR) to lead to huge increases in U.S. crude oil production.
Another look at near-term oil supplies
Now that the Energy Information Administration has published oil production figures for the full year 2005, I was curious to take a look at how the predictions of Cambridge Energy Research Associates are faring thus far.
Autos limp forward
Could be better, could be worse.
Where Do All Those Numbers Come From
Are we adequately funding knowledge about the economy?
Homeland Security’s curious “fact sheet”
Just how implausible is a gasoline tax?
New poll results on energy
Tempest in a Sea Port
The United-Arab-Emirates-based company Dubai Ports World has graciously requested a new 45-day review in the hopes of allaying concerns about its proposal to take over the British-based company P&O, which if approved would allow DP World to operate 11 of the 43 terminals at the ports of 6 U.S. cities. Here I summarize a few of the issues that have been raised about this takeover.
Not to worry about the January durable goods figures
There are things you may fret about, but the most recent statistics on durable goods orders shouldn’t be one of them.