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Monday, August 25, 2014
Truth Has No Place in the Attack of Inflation Hawks If the Fed raises interest rates to prevent inflation, it would be slowing the economy and keeping people from getting jobs. Furthermore, slower job growth will weaken the labor market by raising the unemployment rate.
Monday, August 25, 2014Truth Has No Place in the Attack of Inflation Hawks If the Fed raises interest rates to prevent inflation, it would be slowing the economy and keeping people from getting jobs. Furthermore, slower job growth will weaken the labor market by raising the unemployment rate.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Public Pressure Can Influence The Federal Reserve In assessing the potential impact of public protests on Fed policy it is perhaps worth going back to the 1990s when there were also some public efforts, sponsored by unions and community groups, to influence Fed policy. Public pressure on the Fed can have an impact on its decisions, which otherwise are likely to be far too responsive to bankers' concerns about inflation.
Thursday, August 21, 2014Public Pressure Can Influence The Federal Reserve In assessing the potential impact of public protests on Fed policy it is perhaps worth going back to the 1990s when there were also some public efforts, sponsored by unions and community groups, to influence Fed policy. Public pressure on the Fed can have an impact on its decisions, which otherwise are likely to be far too responsive to bankers' concerns about inflation.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
How Should Social Security Benefits Respond to an Economic Collapse? Workers care about their after-tax wages which are primarily determined by what they earn before taxes. Due to economic mismanagement and trade and regulatory policies that were designed to redistribute income upward, most workers have seen very little growth in before-tax wages over the last three decades.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014How Should Social Security Benefits Respond to an Economic Collapse? Workers care about their after-tax wages which are primarily determined by what they earn before taxes. Due to economic mismanagement and trade and regulatory policies that were designed to redistribute income upward, most workers have seen very little growth in before-tax wages over the last three decades.
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Monday, August 4, 2014
Finance in America: Promoting inequality and waste In the crazy years of the housing boom the financial sector was a gigantic cesspool of excess and corruption. There was big money in pushing and packaging fraudulent mortgages. The country paid a huge price for the financial sector's sleaze. Unfortunately, because of the Obama administration's soft on crime approach to the bottom, the same things are restarting.
Monday, August 4, 2014Finance in America: Promoting inequality and waste In the crazy years of the housing boom the financial sector was a gigantic cesspool of excess and corruption. There was big money in pushing and packaging fraudulent mortgages. The country paid a huge price for the financial sector's sleaze. Unfortunately, because of the Obama administration's soft on crime approach to the bottom, the same things are restarting.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Did Yellen slay the "tech bubble" dragon? The financial crisis and Great Recession have convinced most economists, including those in top positions at the Fed, that asset bubbles must be taken seriously. This still leaves the question of how best to rein in bubbles. Providing information to financial markets is the lowest cost path imaginable to bubble containment. We should all hope that it works.
Thursday, July 31, 2014Did Yellen slay the "tech bubble" dragon? The financial crisis and Great Recession have convinced most economists, including those in top positions at the Fed, that asset bubbles must be taken seriously. This still leaves the question of how best to rein in bubbles. Providing information to financial markets is the lowest cost path imaginable to bubble containment. We should all hope that it works.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Three paths to full employment The disaster that hit our economy when the housing bubble collapsed in 2007 and 2008 was entirely predictable and preventable. Tens of millions of people have seen their lives uprooted by this preventable tragedy. There is no excuse not to do everything we can to bring this needless suffering to an end.
Thursday, July 10, 2014Three paths to full employment The disaster that hit our economy when the housing bubble collapsed in 2007 and 2008 was entirely predictable and preventable. Tens of millions of people have seen their lives uprooted by this preventable tragedy. There is no excuse not to do everything we can to bring this needless suffering to an end.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Doing for the Poor and Doing to the Poor The government is actively working to deny low- and moderate-income families jobs and opportunities in a really big way. The people in Washington involved in the decision-making process that leads to this outcome may not think about the impact of these policies in this way, but who cares?
Tuesday, June 17, 2014Doing for the Poor and Doing to the Poor The government is actively working to deny low- and moderate-income families jobs and opportunities in a really big way. The people in Washington involved in the decision-making process that leads to this outcome may not think about the impact of these policies in this way, but who cares?
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
The Veterans Affairs Scandal and Plans for Downsizing the Social Security Administration It's great to look for savings that still preserve the quality of the service provided by SSA. But a route that will make it difficult for beneficiaries to talk to a human being doesn't fit the bill. That path virtually ensures some future scandal with large number of seniors losing their housing and being unable to pay for food.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014The Veterans Affairs Scandal and Plans for Downsizing the Social Security Administration It's great to look for savings that still preserve the quality of the service provided by SSA. But a route that will make it difficult for beneficiaries to talk to a human being doesn't fit the bill. That path virtually ensures some future scandal with large number of seniors losing their housing and being unable to pay for food.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Don't buy the "sharing economy" hype: Airbnb and Uber are facilitating rip-offs We need to ensure that the regulatory structure allows for real innovation, but doesn't make scam-facilitators into billionaires. For example, rooms rented under Airbnb should be subject to the same taxes as hotels and motels pay. Uber drivers and cars should have to meet the same standards and carry the same level of insurance as commercial taxi fleets.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014Don't buy the "sharing economy" hype: Airbnb and Uber are facilitating rip-offs We need to ensure that the regulatory structure allows for real innovation, but doesn't make scam-facilitators into billionaires. For example, rooms rented under Airbnb should be subject to the same taxes as hotels and motels pay. Uber drivers and cars should have to meet the same standards and carry the same level of insurance as commercial taxi fleets.
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Sunday, May 25, 2014
Stress Test: The Indictment of Timothy Geithner It is striking that Geithner and his friends could be very creative in finding ways to rescue failed banks and financial institutions, but they were largely at a loss when it came to helping underwater homeowners. He tells us that allowing for cram down of mortgage debt in bankruptcy was a political non-starter that couldn't pass Congress. Clearly it did not pass, but we can only wonder how hard the Obama administration tried.
Sunday, May 25, 2014Stress Test: The Indictment of Timothy Geithner It is striking that Geithner and his friends could be very creative in finding ways to rescue failed banks and financial institutions, but they were largely at a loss when it came to helping underwater homeowners. He tells us that allowing for cram down of mortgage debt in bankruptcy was a political non-starter that couldn't pass Congress. Clearly it did not pass, but we can only wonder how hard the Obama administration tried.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
New York Times Turns Paul Krugman Into His Opposite It was striking to see the NYT opinion page's description of Krugman's column last week that has Krugman referring to a "fiscal crisis." Krugman absolutely does not believe there was a fiscal crisis. Krugman's column discussed the financial crisis and the economic downturn that followed the collapse of the housing bubble. The NYT description was surely a mistake.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014New York Times Turns Paul Krugman Into His Opposite It was striking to see the NYT opinion page's description of Krugman's column last week that has Krugman referring to a "fiscal crisis." Krugman absolutely does not believe there was a fiscal crisis. Krugman's column discussed the financial crisis and the economic downturn that followed the collapse of the housing bubble. The NYT description was surely a mistake.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World Thomas Piketty's new book has done a remarkable job of focusing public attention on the growth of inequality in the last three decades and the risk that it will grow further in the decades ahead.
Thursday, April 24, 2014Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World Thomas Piketty's new book has done a remarkable job of focusing public attention on the growth of inequality in the last three decades and the risk that it will grow further in the decades ahead.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Time To Rein In Grossly Overpaid CEOs In order for CEO pay to be brought down to earth, it will be necessary to change the behavior of the directors who decide their pay. In most cases, sitting on a corporate board means attending four to eight meetings a year and walking away with an annual paycheck of several hundred thousand dollars.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014Time To Rein In Grossly Overpaid CEOs In order for CEO pay to be brought down to earth, it will be necessary to change the behavior of the directors who decide their pay. In most cases, sitting on a corporate board means attending four to eight meetings a year and walking away with an annual paycheck of several hundred thousand dollars.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Obamacare secret: if you quit your job, you have a plan -- and keep wages up It's too early to say much from the data we have, but the early impacts of Obamacare are getting clearer as it passes the signup milestone: not just more people with insurance than had it before -- more people looking for better work, more people able to spend time with family, more people retiring when they want and, yes, maybe even some job creation.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014Obamacare secret: if you quit your job, you have a plan -- and keep wages up It's too early to say much from the data we have, but the early impacts of Obamacare are getting clearer as it passes the signup milestone: not just more people with insurance than had it before -- more people looking for better work, more people able to spend time with family, more people retiring when they want and, yes, maybe even some job creation.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
The Texas-California Job Growth Derby The most obvious difference that would hit anyone comparing California and Texas is the enormous difference in housing costs. The fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, is $1,649 a month. It was just $894 in Dallas County in 2010, the most recent year available.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014The Texas-California Job Growth Derby The most obvious difference that would hit anyone comparing California and Texas is the enormous difference in housing costs. The fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, is $1,649 a month. It was just $894 in Dallas County in 2010, the most recent year available.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Money in Hyping the Generational War Story As long as the wealthy can focus public debate on retirement benefits for ordinary workers, they can keep the focus away from the policies that allow them to get rich at everyone else's expense. And the rich are prepared to spend lots of money to keep the public distracted. We can expect to see many more pieces about Social Security bankrupting our children.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014Money in Hyping the Generational War Story As long as the wealthy can focus public debate on retirement benefits for ordinary workers, they can keep the focus away from the policies that allow them to get rich at everyone else's expense. And the rich are prepared to spend lots of money to keep the public distracted. We can expect to see many more pieces about Social Security bankrupting our children.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Taxing the Money Shufflers -- Wall Street Boys Gone Wild While Dodd-Frank reforms will curb some of the worst abuses, the Wall Streeters are still making huge fortunes shuffling money rather than doing anything productive. A modest tax can raise a huge amount of money for productive ends, such as infrastructure and education, while making shuffling money a bit less profitable.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014Taxing the Money Shufflers -- Wall Street Boys Gone Wild While Dodd-Frank reforms will curb some of the worst abuses, the Wall Streeters are still making huge fortunes shuffling money rather than doing anything productive. A modest tax can raise a huge amount of money for productive ends, such as infrastructure and education, while making shuffling money a bit less profitable.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Release of Fed Transcripts Shows Fed Scary Ignorant in 2008, WaPo Scary Ignorant in 2014 It's great to be an economist in a top policymaking position in the United States. Unlike dishwashers, cab drivers, and most other workers, you are not held accountable for the quality of your work. We already knew that, since almost none of the people responsible for allowing the housing bubble to grow large enough to collapse the economy have paid any career price.
Sunday, February 23, 2014Release of Fed Transcripts Shows Fed Scary Ignorant in 2008, WaPo Scary Ignorant in 2014 It's great to be an economist in a top policymaking position in the United States. Unlike dishwashers, cab drivers, and most other workers, you are not held accountable for the quality of your work. We already knew that, since almost none of the people responsible for allowing the housing bubble to grow large enough to collapse the economy have paid any career price.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Good Jobs News on the Affordable Care Act The CBO assessment was that because people could now get access to health insurance through the exchanges rather than having to get insurance through their jobs, many people might decide not to work or to work fewer hours. This voluntary reduction in work hours is one of the goals of Obamacare, it is not an unforeseen consequence. The takeaway from the CBO report is overwhelmingly positive.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014The Good Jobs News on the Affordable Care Act The CBO assessment was that because people could now get access to health insurance through the exchanges rather than having to get insurance through their jobs, many people might decide not to work or to work fewer hours. This voluntary reduction in work hours is one of the goals of Obamacare, it is not an unforeseen consequence. The takeaway from the CBO report is overwhelmingly positive.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Time to retire fears over aging populations If the pattern of income growth we have seen over the last three decades continues, with most of the gains going to the richest 1 percent, then most of our children will not fare well. Global warming also poses enormous threats to living standards, as a changing climate will make many areas uninhabitable and possibly lead to severe shortages of food and water in many parts of the world.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014Time to retire fears over aging populations If the pattern of income growth we have seen over the last three decades continues, with most of the gains going to the richest 1 percent, then most of our children will not fare well. Global warming also poses enormous threats to living standards, as a changing climate will make many areas uninhabitable and possibly lead to severe shortages of food and water in many parts of the world.
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