WASHINGTON — Since the 2008 financial crisis, conservative economists and Republican politicians have claimed several policy errors were holding back economic growth and contributing to a painfully slow recovery, including lackluster wage growth. via Republicans Have Forgotten They Hate Deficits They never cared.
Category: economics
Trump’s Trade Deficit
Notice the deterioration in the moving average of the trade balance starting around November. via Trump’s Trade Deficit Doesn’t look good.
Why Are People in Red States Dropping Out of the Labor Force?
Why Are People in Red States Dropping Out of the Labor Force?
This story is falling through the cracks and it shoudn’t be.
Out of 42 top economists, only 1 believes the GOP tax bills would help the economy
Out of 42 top economists, only 1 believes the GOP tax bills would help the economy
They want to blow up the deficit. If the deficit grows, they’ll say we need to cut social spending. If the deficit shrinks, they come up with some other reason to say we need to cut social spending. They don’t care about the economy. If the economy is bad, they’ll say we need more tax cuts and deregulation. If the economy is doing better, they’ll say we need more tax cuts and deregulation.
They only care about cutting taxes. Nothing else.
7 types of people who are out of work, categorized with data
7 types of people who are out of work, categorized with data
Worth reading.
The most dangerous part about killing Dodd-Frank
The most dangerous part about killing Dodd-Frank
This should be a bigger story.
Why tax cuts don’t “pay for themselves,” cartoonsplained
Why tax cuts don’t “pay for themselves,” cartoonsplained
The Laffer curve, as explained with cartoons and sandwiches.
This $2.5 million Palo Alto teardown shows how coastal housing policy has gone wrong – Vox
Historically the United States has considered land use to be a local issue and transportation planning to be a state issue, but Japan does it the other way around and has both more housing affordability and better transportation (via This $2.5 million Palo Alto teardown shows how coastal housing policy has gone wrong – Vox)… Continue reading This $2.5 million Palo Alto teardown shows how coastal housing policy has gone wrong – Vox
Chinese Wages Are Showing Paul Krugman Is Right Once Again
Chinese Wages Are Showing Paul Krugman Is Right Once Again
Turns out that Krugman knows something about economics after all.
When Argentina Elected A Populist President, Some Companies Left The Country
When Argentina Elected A Populist President, Some Companies Left The Country
Read this and think of Trumpism.