…current economic expansion may itself become a major political issue. Right now, it appears that the Bush administration’s economic policymakers are simply hoping that continued economic growth will eventually produce…

Recession Redefinition Amidst all the Niger Uranium furor I almost missed some interesting economic news. Fortunately, commenter Stirling Newberry alerted me to a story in the Friday Washington Post: Number…

…of ethics in economic theory. Like me, she is deeply suspicious of the exaggerated role of economic theorists in setting fiscal, economic, and tax policy and the way economic modelling…

…that it’s all just a coincidence. Except they don’t mount a very strong argument for that conclusion. Even Koch-funded Tyler Cowen’s headline (“Why is there superior economic performance under Democratic…

by Joseph Joyce (is a Professor of Economics at Wellesley College and the Faculty Director of the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs) Too Much of a Good Thing?…

…twist of economic logic into economic illogic. Progressive economists lack a vision of what their proposed policies are actually doing to the economy and society. They are not understanding the…

How low can you go? No… this is not a post about Limbo. It is a post about low interest rates, low inflation, and economic growth. The question is… Can…

…where the two groups diverge (very substantially) on economic issues. The left’s economic populism isn’t libertarian. The goals of economic populism–however much they state as their goal bringing economic power…

…inherited wealth. But today, Piketty argues, we are returning to a world where economic growth is stagnating, and the rate of return on capital exceeds the economic growth rate. Unless…

…really reflect the failure of our society to value people, community, and basic public goods and infrastructures? The Chimera of the Hybrid Model Our notions of what our economic landscape…