Palgrave Macmillan and the editorial team have selected this set of papers from the archive of the journal to give a representative sample of the best of our content.

These papers, listed in chronological order, are available free to read and download.

Heterogeneous Interacting Agent Models for Understanding Monetary Economies
Joseph E Stiglitz and Mauro Gallegati

How Do Students at Median Graduate Economic Programs Differ from Students at Top-ranked Programs?
David Colander, Tiziana Dominguez, Gail Hoyt and KimMarie McGoldrick

Spreading the Wealth Around: Reflections Inspired by Joe the Plumber
N Gregory Mankiw

Fairness and Tax Policy: A Response to Mankiw’s Proposed “Just Deserts”
Jonathan Weinstein

The Profession and the Crisis
Paul Krugman

Will You Covenant Marry Me? A Preliminary Look at a New Type of Marriage
Amanda J Felkey

Hate Fuel: On the Relationship Between Local Government Policy and Hate Group Activity
Sean E Mulholland

The Relative Performance of Head Start
Cory Koedel and Teerachat Techapaisarnjaroenkit

The Effect of Ticket Resale Laws on Consumption and Production in Performing Arts Markets
Melissa Boyle and Lesley Chiou

Labor Markets and National Culture: Salary Determination in Japanese Baseball
Michael A Leeds, Sumi Sakata and Peter von Allmen