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the Regional Economist

Letters to the Editor

January 2009 Issue

• Deficits, Debt and Looming Disaster
  (Three letters, last update: 2/12/09)

October 2008 Issue

• U.S. Income Inequality: It's Not So Bad
  (Three letters, last update: 10/28/08)

July 2008 Issue

• Ethanol: Economic Gain or Drain?
  (One letter, last update: 7/15/08)

October 2007 Issue

• Trading Barbs: A Primer on the Globalization Debate
  (One letter, last update: 1/2/08)

July 2007 Issue

• As Boomers Slow Down, So Might the Economy
  (One letter, last update: 7/10/07)

• Why Do Gasoline Prices React to Things that Have Not Happened?
  (Two letters, last update: 9/24/07)

October 2006 Issue

• Adding Up the Economic Effects of Immigration
  (One letter, last update: 11/7/06)

July 2006 Issue

• Slowdown in Housing Won't Shut Down Economic Growth
  (One letter, last update: 9/29/06)

July 2005 Issue

• Cash-Out Refinancing: Check It Out Carefully
  (One letter, last update: 8/4/05)

April 2005 Issue

• So Much for That Merit Raise: The Link between Wages and Appearance
  (Two letters, last update: 6/27/05)
• The Trickle-Down Effect of Basel II
  (One letter, last update: 2/2/07)

July 2004 Issue

• Fear of Hell Might Fire Up the Economy
  (Five letters, last update: 3/23/05)
• Light Rail: Boon or Boondoggle?
  (Nine letters, last update: 8/22/06)

April 2004 Issue

• Tough Lesson: More Money Doesn’t Help Schools; Accountability Does
  (Two letters, last update: 4/13/06)