Thus, it seems the term "tariff" was first applied to designate the "rates," or duties which the Roman Catholic priests...

It is hurting : Inter-Korean trade has fallen about 30 percent this year, largely affected by South Korea's move to cut almost all busin...

I don't have a whole lot to say about this , except that whenever we discuss increasing the amount of research for green technologies, o...

(ht: Besir Ceka)

Krugman posts the above graphic showing GDP declines in the Baltics as compared to Iceland. He uses it to argue that the Baltics, which cho...

S eems we're the last to jump on the Ngram bandwagon. Here's K eynesianism vs. Monetarism and unemployment vs. inflation :

For those who prefer analysis to tropes, here's a nice rundown (via Stephen Walt) of the research on the effects of allowing gays to se...

When I went to bed last night the news sites were all saying that a resumption of the conflict on the Korean peninsula was possible -- even ...

China is building its first aircraft carrier. As Yglesias says : News that China may be in the midst of building its first aircraft carrier ...

File this one under "obvious": "The likely change in government in 2011 increases the political risks," that Ireland wi...