…small boost from non-defense federal government consumption, where in Q4 that was more than offset by the decline in the contribution to growth coming from state and local governments, and…

…off of GDP growth. However, the contribution coming from exports and imports was +14.2%, which more than offset the drag from the IMF’s “austerity measures”. Greece doesn’t have this option,…

…boy” Edwards became very rich filing junk science Cerebral Palsy cases against Ob-gyns.) The last time I did a cost study on an Ob-gyn practice, all of the contribution margin…

This is a guest contribution by Marshall Auerback, Braintruster at the New Deal 2.0 by Marshall Auerback A new book by Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, “This Time It’s Different:…

This is a guest contribution by Marshall Auerback, Braintruster at the New Deal 2.0 at Newsneconomics By Marshall Auerback My colleague, Rebecca Wilder, recently concluded a “Tale of Two Recoveries:…

…grew 1.14% in Q4 2009 with a huge 0.67% contribution from exports. The second major contributor was private consumption, which added 0.39%. Going forward, consumption and export contributions are likely…

…contribution to the debate between Paul Krugman and SAOs (senior administration officials). Krugman supports hiring subsidies. They weren’t in the stimulus plan (but Obama just proposed them — good luck…

…contribution to the development of Daclizumab, that is, Zenapax TM, a humanized monoclonal antibody which inhibits the immune response. Zenapax is approved for sale for the prevention of rejection of…

…failures by raising their FDIC contribution and collecting three years of it upfront after not having saved for a rainy day; having Administration economic policy run by Larry Summers, whose…

…reciprocity, this triad is recognized under different labels by several writers from Polanyi to David Graeber. Local society is never self-sufficient. There is thus an abiding tension between the internal…