…investment in Japan leading to weak economic growth. He says that the United States has a better chance of escaping this problem than Europe, but the problem is still present….

…actually working like it is supplied to work. All the brakes work.The problem with the car is much deeper. Fiscal and monetary policies are both ineffective against the true problem……

…a thought. What if the problem with the Postal Service isn’t a failed business model at all? What if the real problem is a corporate structure that is ill suited…

…hyperinflation. Default, debt forgiveness and a capital levy are the way Germany handled problems similar to the Greek problem. This worked fine in 1923, when the German primary deficity was…

…Plan for a Real Social Security Fix. The whole thing is short if you want to read through: An Aging Society Is No Problem When Wages Rise The past increases…

…morning critiquing Clinton politically strategically and Sanders substantively, Paul Krugman diagnoses Clinton’s main political problem as against Sanders this way: [Clinton’s] biggest vice, from my point of view, is listening…

…problem-solver, someone who sees problems and solves them. But her view of what the problems that need solving are are fairly limited, her solutions more mundane than Sanders’s but not…

by Lynn Paramour (via Alternet) Is the 1% Really the Problem? “We are the 99 percent” is a great slogan, but is it distracting our attention from a sinister reality?…

…Keynes, “The Long Term Problem of Full Employment” As the third phase comes into sight; the problem stressed by Sir H. Henderson begins to be pressing. It becomes necessary to…

Big producer price increase in October – if a trend – is a problem In a light data week, this morning’s report on producer prices is certainly worth mentioning. As…