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I’ve already given my Biden economy retrospective, but I want to come back and double down on the main point there,
I’ve already given my Biden economy retrospective, but I want to come back and double down on the main point there, because I think it is incredibly...
Ben Casselman has an interesting piece in the New York Times about how economists have lost standing with both politicians and the
Donald Trump seems confused about how tariffs work, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us need to be also.
Donald Trump seems confused about how tariffs work, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us need to be also. It actually is fairly simple, let’s take...
The New York Times had a lengthy piece giving a story on how the Democrats lost the support of working-class voters over the last three decades....
It’s been a while since we’ve had Mr. Arithmetic here, but with Donald Trump coming back to the White House, we may need him around. The...
It’s been a while since we’ve had Mr. Arithmetic here, but with Donald Trump coming back to the White House, we may need him around. The...
If the U.S. is not going to be a reliable trading partner for at least the next four years, and possibly many more years into the future, Europe...
One development for 2025 that can be seen clearly in the crystal ball is improving trade ties between China and Europe. The reason this is a...
Last week, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, the chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, made an assertion about the nature of...
Last week, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, the chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, made an assertion about the nature of...
Oren Cass, the head economist of Compass, had a column in the New York Times touting Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. The gist of the piece is...
We saw millions of workers displaced in manufacturing, as our trade deficit ballooned from 1997 to 2007. Communities across the industrial...
Virtually everyone, except Elon Musk, agrees that the rich have too much political power these days. When a single individual can put tens or even...
Virtually everyone, except Elon Musk, agrees that the rich have too much political power these days. When a single individual can put tens or even...
Here's one clear way to counter the wealthy and corporations' control over journalism and our political system.
Bitcoin also won’t put gas in your car or provide medical care for your family. To be clear, I mean this literally. I realize people have made...
Bitcoin also won’t put gas in your car or provide medical care for your family. To be clear, I mean this literally. I realize people have made...
I’m not one to generally tout the wisdom of the economics discipline, but it actually does offer some useful insights into the likely motive for...
I’m not one to generally tout the wisdom of the economics discipline, but it actually does offer some useful insights into the likely motive for...
As Donald Trump prepares to embark on another round of MAGA tax cuts it is worth a quick review of the corporate side of the last one, and the...
I’m not one to generally tout the wisdom of the economics discipline, but it actually does offer some useful insights into the likely motive for...
Last week Donald Trump made a bizarre threat on his Truth Social site that he would impose 100 percent taxes on the imports (tariffs) from any...
The Washington Post had a bizarre article last week in which it questioned whether China was doing much to combat global warming. While the piece...
The Washington Post had a bizarre article last week in which it questioned whether China was doing much to combat global warming. While the piece...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is known first and foremost for his anti-vaccine crusades. However, he has also been saying some things that make sense. When...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is known first and foremost for his anti-vaccine crusades. However, he has also been saying some things that make sense. When...
Eduardo Porter joined the chorus of people telling us that the inequality of the last four decades was just the result of the free market in his...
Eduardo Porter joined the chorus of people telling us that the inequality of the last four decades was just the result of the free market in his...
Eduardo Porter joined the chorus of people telling us that the inequality of the last four decades was just the result of the free market in his...
There is a Big Lie pushed by centrist types that is almost as pernicious as the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. It is that...
The October jobs report showed little gain in hiring, with establishments adding just 12,000 jobs. The number was depressed both by the effects of...
The October jobs report showed little gain in hiring, with establishments adding just 12,000 jobs. The number was depressed both by the effects of...
The New York Times’ lead homepage article Thursday told readers that in spite of a batch of really good economic data, “voters still feel...
Ben Casselman had a useful piece in the New York Times examining the extent to which wages have outpaced prices since the pandemic. While he notes...
Ben Casselman had a useful piece in the New York Times examining the extent to which wages have outpaced prices since the pandemic. While he...
Last week I saw a somewhat shabbily dressed man in the pharmacy trying to get a Covid booster. They told him it would cost $130. (It was the...
CNBC, which is owned and controlled by people who will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House, ran a PR piece for Donald...
CNBC, which is owned and controlled by people who will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House, ran a PR piece for Donald...
Donald Trump seems to have forgotten what the economy was like when he left office. He talks as though it
Donald Trump seems to have forgotten what the economy was like when he left office. He talks as though it was booming and then Biden sank it. In...
CNN has been at the forefront in pushing the Biden bad economy story in defiance of the data. It had two of my six favorite untruths about the...
CNN has been at the forefront in pushing the Biden bad economy story in defiance of the data. It had two of my six favorite untruths about the...
New York Times columnist Peter Coy raised an interesting point about the September jobs data in his column this week. Most of us were celebrating...
By Katrina Gulliver A new piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been discovered. Believed to have been written when Mozart was a teenager, the 12-...
Donald Trump’s promise to impose taxes of 10-20 percent on all imports (more for imports from China) has put protectionism front and center in...
Trump’s promise to impose taxes of 10-20 percent on all imports (more for imports from China) has put protectionism front and center in U.S....
It is more than a bit bizarre reading pieces that talk about automation or job-killing AI as something new and alien. These are forms of...
It is more than a bit bizarre reading pieces that talk about automation or job-killing AI as something new and alien. These are forms of...