Employment in Europe and the US: Debunking the Story of EU Weakness and US Strength
Why the EU has done better on job creation than generally recognized, while US employment is exaggerated.
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Taxcast: Hurricanes, Disaster Capitalism, Bitcoin and Over-Reliance on Unhelpful Economic Measures
On Tax Justice Network’s Taxcast, John Christensen and Daniel Mugge weigh in on hurricanes, tax havens, and disaster capitalism.
Read more...The Sickness of American Healthcare
Some key facts that have been omitted from the debate over Obamacare and healthcare generally, apparently by design.
Read more...North Korea: Are Sanctions Working?
Experts have said a military response North Korea’s belligerence is not viable. Is the current economic approach likely to succeed?
Read more...Another Way the Rich Preserve Their Advantage: Grade Inflation in Private Schools
Private school grade inflation is a small but nevertheless telling factor in how class mobility has fallen in the US.
Read more...Flagging Productivity Growth – How Much Is Due to Bad Management?
Have management fads contributed to the fall in productivity growth?
Read more...Wolf Richter: How Banks Hurt the Real Economy – FDIC’s Hoenig to Senate
The FDIC’s Tom Hoenig takes up the thankless task of shellacking the latest self-serving whinge from Jamie Dimon.
Read more...Growing, Shrinking, and Long-Run Economic Performance
Why economists’ thinking about growth may be entirely backward.
Read more...Jim Chanos: U.S. Economy is Worse Than You Think
Famed short seller Jim Chanos gives a hard look at America’s fundamentals. He is not impressed by what he sees.
Read more...Matt Bruenig: How Many People Will Obamacare and AHCA Kill?
Subjecting Obamacare to the same measuring stick that the Center for American Progress applied to the ACHA.
Read more...CalPERS to Game Benchmarks Yet Again to Flatter Private Equity, Understate Risk, Boost Staff Bonuses
CalPERS is lying with numbers yet again, this time with its private equity benchmarks.
Read more...No, Record Jobs Openings in JOLTS Do Not Mean That Everything Is Teh Awesome!
A look at the latest not-as-rosy-as-it-seems jobs data release.
Read more...Final UK Election Polls: YouGov Still the Outlier, Predicts Tories Get Only 302 Seats
Conventional wisdoms still pegs the Tories as comfortable winners in today’s election, with the election map working against Labour.
Read more...Slugging It Out With a New Contender in the GMOs Debate
One of the big benefits claimed for GMOs may be false.
Read more...Measuring the Impact of Immigration on Wages: The Mariel Boatlift Controversy
125,000 mainly low-skill Cuban immigrants arrived in Miami in 1980. Economists are still debating whether they lowered local wages.
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