…Or is expectations-setting asymmetrical? Can the Fed set higher expectations for growth/inflation largely through Open Mouth Operations, while lowering expectations would require (more) actual monetary operations, Volcker-style? Cross-posted at Asymptosis….

…its financial and banking sector, is largely responsible for the asymmetrical situation noted above, in which US investors earn 20% in China, but China earns only 1% in the US….

…under the fold.) My take: Well we might start by recognizing that market participants are intent on maximizing their own interest and where possible will exploit asymmetrical information to achieve…

…problem privileges the employer position. Mainstream theory is asymmetrical. And: The analyst who opposes worker shirking without criticism of industrial sabotage is taking sides, and the analyst who opposes industrial…

…Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot (1994) and Warren Samuels (1994). Robert LaJeunesse (2004) cites Samuels’s criticism of the asymmetrical treatment of shirking by the neoclassical mainstream and elaborates on Veblen’s…

…it (at one or more removes); people don’t issue equity in themselves, and firms don’t own people (at least not yet). It’s an asymmetrical, one-way ownership relationship. (Note: yes, the…

…the reach of the Freedom Of Information Act? Why has the State department refused to release her meeting schedules until after the election? Finally, using Richard Cohen as an source…

…can read information off of my computer/router/etc. After all, if that is the case, I have bigger problems than people messing with my Netflix account. Nevertheless, should Netflix choose to…

I was looking for information on how cultures affect growth and stumbled on this 12.5 year old article in The Economist: Diversity and development might seem to sit oddly together….

…era as companies borrowed to buy back stock. Warren highlights how “shareholders come first” doesn’t look to have been very positive for anyone save corporate execs who have asymmetrical pay…