What does economic growth mean for Americans by Uwe E. Reihnhart Suppose we placed a carefully selected sample of men on a hot stove and another sample of men on…

…rather institution design will be our big problem in keeping the pace of true economic growth going into the long-run future.” Here he links economic growth to institutional changes, not…

A talk given by Christina Romer was very good. (Posted by Mark Thoma) She said many practical things about economic downturns. She loved to refer back to the Great Depression….

It’s a familiar situation: business and government officials are promoting a new economic development deal which naturally includes subsidies for the investor. They may be touting a consultant’s study touting…

…disconnect between economic reality and market valuation. More likely, it’s a warped market distorted by the extraordinary measures used to create an economic lift.” Warped defines the market very well….

CBO Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 Document link for Robert’s post. Lots of numbers here, including a new Jan 2015 Baseline for Social Security Just started poking at…

…economic-policy progressive. The other is to enable our party to actually put forward the arguments for progressive economic policy, and that means ending the constant focus on this silly woman,…

Reality begins to sink in for GOPer economic confidence While we are waiting for tomorrow’s employment report, here’s a little something to chew on. In the immediate aftermath of the…

A US economic Boom in 2018? For the last several years, I have tried to identify several graphs that most bear watching over the ensuing 12 months. This year, in…

…of Economic Reason (1989) translated by Gillian Handyside and Chris Turner. I am posting the section on “The Right to an Income and the Right to Work” in two parts….