…an external perspective on domestic policies, while IMF lending could supplement foreign exchange reserves. The global financial crisis demonstrated that these measures were inadequate to provide financial stability. The Federal…

…Why do failed policies persist over long periods, even when they are known to be socially wasteful and even when better alternatives exist? 3. Why do some wasteful policies get…

…folks who made a killing after the financial-sector and real estate market crashes circa 2009-2012. Nor the fiscal and regulatory policies that these two Trump benefactors/puppeteers will. In a second…

…of the hottest topics in the regulatory arena—and one that, regretfully, has sparked fundamentally flawed arguments, threatening to distort and obscure much-needed discussion about redistributive policies. … Although all policies…

…policies debates for years to come This past week I received my chapter author’s copy of a new book from Columbia University Press, Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options….

Via the Guardian comes this note from well funded groups: Conservative campaign aims to strike ‘mortal blow’ on government unions ‘A once-in-a-lifetime chance to reverse the failed policies of the…

Via Washington Post on Progressive policies Of the many things that are terribly wrong with our current tax debate, one primary offender is the notion that tax cuts will unleash…

…policies and priorities, in their myriad interacting forms, expressions, and implementations, directly cause faster growth, more progress, greater and more widespread prosperity. (Blinder and Watson pooh-pooh this idea, simply because…

…that dealt with the privatization of government-owned enterprises. While such policies may have been appropriate for a crisis that was due to expansionary macroeconomic policies, fiscal and monetary measures did…

…“Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. “ ~~~~~~~ “Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Medicare with Finalized Policies to Simplify Enrollment and Expand Access to Coverage,” ACA Signups, Charles Gaba. The final rule creates Special…