…Alea (who is the antithesis of a socialist) to be more though-provoking than the entire Wired piece: More can be found here. Lots of links as well adding to the…

…Beckworth and The Kauffman Foundation (PDF), here’s how econobloggers would like that question to be answered (thanks, FTA, for the great question): Personally, I fondly envision some coherent amalgam of…

…links added: Nick, just because people (“the market”) want risk-free long-term holdings that pay interest does not in any way imply what seems to be the unstated assumption here: that…

…negative net worth. Either way, they are living hand to mouth. This suggests that 1) they have unmet needs, and 2) will spend the next available dollar trying to satisfy…

I think (after a lot of effort) that I’ve internalized Nick Rowe’s modeling of this question (follow links from here) pretty well conceptually. His answer is Yes. There have been…

…as those depicted in the currency fantasy above — Thoma links to an article by Todd Keister from the NY Fed. In short, IOR of zero would break a whole…

by Mike Kimel (Update: Naked Capitalism notes Mike’s post is the top read of the day in ‘links’) In recent years, there have been a number of studies showing that…

Krugman started it, in response to Lucas. Everyone piles on. Plutocracy Files has the list of links. (Plus don’t miss Nick Rowe’s, which includes a long comment thread.) Here’s what…

…sometimes ends up paying for their losses along with the fired workers.) See the links provided in the posting yesterday on Romney’s reluctance to release his tax returns, which discuss…

…of other stuff) up for vote on Tuesday [edited 2 pm 12/13 to provide additional links to news coverage of some of the changes] Congress has been playing politics as…