Karl Smith is Assistant Professor of Public Economics and Government at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Thursday ~ July 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
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Saturday ~ April 17th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Karl Smith
Alan,
If this person becomes obscene then I can take action. Otherwise it is the policy of this blog not to moderate comments.
In particular we are not in a position to switch to moderated comments only. Neither Adam nor I have the time to monitor everyone on this site.
I wish you the best of luck in resolving your dispute with “Adrian Warner”
Wednesday ~ June 9th, 2010 at 4:18 am
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Sunday ~ August 8th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Steve McKinney
I’m glad I learned of your site through Huf Post. I’ve been interested for a long time in the debate about whether lowering taxes for the rich helps the economic pie grow, whether supply side is real. It seems that the results of lower taxes for the rich are ambiguous. Would you be interested or willing to start a discussion on this? Thanks.
Thursday ~ December 30th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
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Tuesday ~ March 1st, 2011 at 5:11 pm
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Thursday ~ March 17th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Larry Rigby
Bear (should be “Bare”) minimum we want to juice the economy so that inflation will rise back to two percent. The textbook level targeting approach would say to keep on juicing until you undid all of the extra low inflation we have had since 09.
Bare (should be “Bear”) with me…
SHame on you professors!
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Sunday ~ June 19th, 2011 at 12:46 am
Charlie Deist
Hi Karl,
I’ve read your blog for a few months, and am regularly blown away by the originality of your posts and insights, particularly on macro/AD phenomena. However, the typos initially turned me off, and I’m afraid some people might discount your ideas because of your “quick and dirty” style. I view the reading of Karl Smith as a public good and, as such, believe it ought to be subsidized. By any chance would you be interested in letting a fresh set of eyes review your posts before you hit “publish”? I’d be honored to take on such a task, and in this age of outsourcing, there shouldn’t be any shame in that — after all, time is a scarce resource, and you always get your point across in spite of the occasional omitted word or misspelling.
If you’re interested, shoot me an email and I can tell you a bit more about myself and my credentials.
Keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Charlie
P.S. Feel free to delete this comment. I would’ve emailed, but I couldn’t find your address.
Friday ~ July 22nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm
phredx
There seems to be a space preceding the blog title in the feed, making it difficult to navigate to using Google Reader keyboard shortcuts. Minor irritant but one worth reporting.
Thursday ~ September 8th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Rafael
Karl,
I saw your post about using Gams to model markets. Could you tell me some papers where it was used.
Thanks,
Rafael
Tuesday ~ October 25th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Ben Carper
I hope you’ve seen this:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-sure-is-a-spooky-time-for-the-economy,26442/
Monday ~ November 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am
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Saturday ~ December 31st, 2011 at 3:35 am
Tom Cantlon
Mr. Smith, your charts in Where Is The Middle Class Going have broken links and I would like to link to your piece in a column. Can they be repaired or can you provide alternate links? Thanks.
Saturday ~ January 7th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
L K Smith
Now I understand why The Economist ranks MBA programs.
Tuesday ~ January 24th, 2012 at 10:30 am
Karl Smith: 'The speed limit on the economy is extremely high' - Global Economic Watch - Global Economic Crisis: Cengage Resource Center
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Friday ~ February 3rd, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Terry Mahoney
All right. The January jobs report has been out for hours. Where’s my fix of Smithianistic analysis?