Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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Austerity, MTA, Blinder
[Hat-tip to Byron S. for today's image; he said it was posted to Facebook by St. Marks Bookstore.
Raise the Minimum Wage or Cut Low-Wage Taxes?
My son is a low-wage worker, a short-order cook. President Obama just called for an increase in the federal minimum
Minimum Wage, Bankers' Accountability, etc.
(1) Strange 1920s Valentines: For more like today's image, visit Retronaut (which is worth visiting anyway). I discovered
New Issue and Two Articles Posted
New issue! Our Jan/Feb issue is finally out (shipping to print subscribers now; already emailed to e-subscribers). It may
Is Paul Krugman’s Liquidity Trap Really an Inequality Trap?
As I watched Paul Krugman Sunday night on Bill Moyers, I felt a familiar sense of despair. Krugman cares deeply
Aaron Swartz, R.I.P.
I was sad to hear about the suicide of Aaron Swartz, the remarkable guy who developed the online syndication/feed
Quick Post on Annual Econ Meetings
(1) Billboard Project: Art project by Larry Chait (here), as if capitalists weren't the only ones with access
The Formerly Advanced Economies
Just as the European settler economies in North America grew to eclipse the economic power of "old" Europe
A Nightmare on Maple Street
Prime Minister Stephen Harper struggles to slay the specters haunting Canada's oil sands.
The Keynesian Stimulus Spending Fallacy
It’s a truism of pop Keynesian economics that consumer spending drives the economy; if spending slows in a recession,
Public-Private Partnerships (P3); misc.
(1) This post's image: Some elegant and amusing culture-jamming on an iPod ad on a NYC bus shelter,