…would argue that three important concepts that are especially poorly captured by standard economic numbers under lie people’s perceptions of affordability: economic inclusion, security, and fairness. By economic inclusion I mean the ability to…

…FY 2026 – Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2026, (US Government Publishing Office, 2026) and CBO, Key Budget and Economic Data: Economic Projections, dataset for February…

…putting a face, a person, people into the economic equations. There is a woman, a mother of 2 children in their early teens who has been unemployed for 13 months….

…the year of origin. Early years: 2% productivity growth with 0.9% income growth, 5.6 savings, 3.5%economic growth Versus Bush years: 2.5% productivity growth, .01% income growth, 1.8% savings, 2.3% economic…

…way that (responsible) economists look at sovereign debt: considering primary surpluses/deficits (borrowing vs. payoffs before interest), and the effects of economic forces on household indebtedness: 1. growth, 2. interest, and…

…calendar quarter of each president’s inauguration is allotted to the previous administration. I’ve labeled the quadrants as follows, and indicated the frequency of data points populating each quadrant. Here are…

The economic policies proposed for states by the conservative American Legislative Council Exchange (ALEC) not only don’t work, but carry risks for states’ economies, according to new research by the…

by Mike Kimel A Proposed Bet for Professors Bryan Caplan and David R. Henderson (and Anyone Else Who Believes Lower Taxes Generate Faster Economic Growth) Cross posted at the Presimetrics…

by Mike Kimel crossposted with Presimetrics blog The Effect of Tax Cuts and Tax Hikes on Economic Expansions Right about now, the U.S. economy appears to be recovering from a…

…economic literature that is attendant upon it. So that is how you build an economic model. The question then becomes: how do you use it? A relatively short (though it…