Freedom vs. Four Freedoms
by Bruce Webb In a previous post I made a stab at explaining the differences in Republican and Democratic responses to the economics of stimulus by an appeal to differences…
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Net Migration and Economic Growth Around the World – 1958 to the Present
In my last post, I used World Bank data to look at the effect of net migration on economic growth. Net migration is defined by the World Bank as the…
Q3 GDP will show economic contraction? 150+ years of short term interest rate history says no
Q3 GDP will show economic contraction? 150+ years of short term interest rate history says no No economic news today, but let me show you one important reason I am…
Initial jobless claims now in a clear uptrend, and other economic notes for the week
Initial jobless claims now in a clear uptrend, and other economic notes for the week First, a note on other economic news from earlier this week. The housing market is…
September producer prices confirm economic tailwind has ended
…well. Remember, if consumer inflation simply stops decelerating, it will lessen the gap between prices and aggregate consumer income, meaning slower economic growth at least. Economic tailwind from falling commodity…
Shifting the burden of supporting the country from the wealthy to average Americans
…president Trump’s closing economic argument for the American people is that putting a high tariff wall around the country will bring in so much foreign money that it will fund…
The Effect of Individual Income Tax Rates on the Economy, Part 3: WW2 and the Immediate Post-War Recovery
by Mike Kimel This post is the third in a series that looks at the relationship between real economic growth and the top individual marginal tax rate. The first looked…
My Audacious Wish: Uwe Reinhardt for Secretary of Labor.
When it comes to the most important economic challenges facing the nation, President Obama offers soaring rhetoric. He campaigned vigorously against the decline of the middle class. He launched his…
ECONOMIC WEBLOGGERS & CONFERENCE
…only reads baby books to date, not nerd journals. Ken Houghton may have more to say on the conference later. PROPOSED PANEL 3: 2013 KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ECONOMIC WEBLOGGERS’ CONFERENCE: FRIDAY…
John Boehner Says Defense Spending Is the Problem with the Economy. Awesome. – [UPDATED]
…explain Keynesian economics to the general public, using actual facts–such as the reason for the economic contraction–and point out that Boehner & Co. either are ignorant of the facts or…