The search for better economic policy.

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• Will the Tax Cut Work? Here's how we'll know if it does.
  Robert Shapiro June 10, 2003
  
• Premium Blend Why is it so difficult to provide universal health care?
  Robert Shapiro May 15, 2003
  
• Spin Cycle Why has the business cycle gone topsy-turvy?
  Robert Shapiro April 15, 2003
  
• War Bucks Will the Iraq conflict cause the dollar to collapse?
  Robert Shapiro March 26, 2003
  
• Al-Qaida and the GDP How much would terrorism damage the U.S. economy? Less than you'd expect.
  Robert Shapiro Feb. 28, 2003
  
• Fantasy Economics Why economists are obsessed with online role-playing games.
  Robert Shapiro Feb. 4, 2003