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Claiming a Golden Age

…directly check market power and hold industry accountable. On jobs, the president boasted that nearly “100 percent” of new jobs have been created in the private sector. And the label on the…

Blockading Oil

…The Trump administration also instituted other sanctions and restrictions, including some that took advantage of the “state sponsor of terror” label, to block Cuba from bank transfers, wire transfers and…

On DeLong V Krugman

…fixed so inflation is high prices for while but is eventually followed by deflation to get real wages back to normal. A couple with low financial wealth considers buying a…

contra Krugman

…market experience. Finally Wren Lewis refers to the hysteresis effects of the Thatcher deflation when he isn’t referring to New Keynesian models with no such effects as successful cutting edge…

A Different Look at GDP and Inflation

…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…