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The Great Lesson from the Great Recession 27 Aug 2013 | 12:42 pm
This is live at the Fiscal Times: The Great Lesson from the Great Recession Kind of a pessimistic conclusion.
'The Future is Still Bright!' 27 Aug 2013 | 12:33 pm
Calculated Risk (Bill McBride) is still optimistic: The Future is Still Bright!, by Bill McBride: For new readers: I was very bearish on the economy when I started this blog in 2005 - back then I wro...
Links for 08-27-2013 27 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
Stuck Working Part-Time? Blame the Economy - WSJ The Taper Versus The Crazy - Paul Krugman Is Microsoft of the 1990s similar to Apple of today? - Digitopoly Wage Stagnation and Market Outcomes - NY...
The Single Most Effective Way of Avoiding Another Financial Crisis 27 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
Simon Wren-Lewis: ... The single most effective way of avoiding another financial crisis is to reduce the political influence of the banking sector.
'Rethinking Investment Risk' 26 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
A new paper in the QJE shows that financial innovation raises portfolio risks: Rethinking investment risk, by Peter Dizikes, MIT News: Financial innovation is supposed to reduce risk -- in theory, at...
Paul Krugman: The Decline of E-Empires 26 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
The biggest companies eventually become complacent and lose their leading role in the marketplace. Does that mean we shouldn't worry about their monopoly power?: The Decline of E-Empires, by Paul Kru...
Links for 08-26-2013 26 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
Time for Rudd to give a fulldefence of Keynesian stimulus - John Quiggin We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks - NYTimes.com Unnatural Models of the Labor Market (Wonkish) - Paul Krugman Why do...
'Is it Nuts to Give Money to the Poor?' 25 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
Chris Blattman on cash transfers to the poor: Is it nuts to give money to the poor?: ...Cash transfers have been my day job for quite some days now. If you’ve been following this blog, you might have...
'How Technology Wrecks the Middle Class' 25 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
I've had many posts on the Autor and Dorn paper on the hollowing out of the middle class (see here too), and this is yet another, but let me add one thing. This explains the demise of the middle clas...
Links for 08-25-2013 25 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
Is there a future for international banks? - vox Commercial Banks As Creators of "Money" - Paul Krugman Josh Bivens: Slow Wage Growth Just - Brad DeLong Steve Ballmer, Meet Ibn Khaldun - Paul Krugm...
