Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

You searched for: label/spillover effects

Labor versus Market and Demand

…are the risks of it unraveling into a recession? Powell’s label of “curious” got me thinking about the other “curiosities” of the labor market during this cycle. The pandemic recession…

Taking A Stand that Will Hurt

…War–era law, to essentially commandeer a more permissive iteration of the AI, or It could label Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” meaning that anyone doing business with the U.S. military would…

Claiming a Golden Age

…directly check market power and hold industry accountable. On jobs, the president boasted that nearly “100 percent” of new jobs have been created in the private sector. And the label on the…

Blockading Oil

…immediate and life-threatening effects. More than 80 percent of Cuba’s electricity is generated from oil. Blackouts have already increased dramatically as capacity has fallen. Hospitals, health services and pharmaceutical availability have been disrupted; the…

Contra Krugman II

…on utility maximisation is just one possibility. Basic micro includes the explanation of substitution effects and income effects. But policy makers generally act as if there are no income effects….