Is the Post-COVID Boom Going to Bust?
Reading the tea leaves of the economy after Covid…..assuming an “after Covid”.
Read more...Category Archives: Economic fundamentals
Why Behavioral Economics Needs Behavioral Biology: Avoiding Arms Races
Are behavioral economists really nudging people in the right direction?
Read more...Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 6 – U.S. Airlines Lost Over $35 Billion in 2020
The airline biz is on track to being America’s biggest welfare queen.
Read more...Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few
Labor-saving advances in artificial intelligence may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
Read more...Thomas Frank: YouTube Censorship and Now What’s Happening in Kansas –
Thomas Frank and Paul Jay discuss censorship by tech monopolies and changes in the political landscape of Kansas.
Read more...Pandemics Swing Elections, But Not as Much as You Think
A discussion of election outcomes, using the Spanish flu as a case study.
Read more...“Almost Cartoonish Defender of the 1%, Kathryn Wylde” Rears Her Head to Attack Plans to Tax the Rich to Save New York City
The usual suspects, like Kathryn Wylde, try to defend why the top wealthy, who’ve made out like bandits under Covid, should not be made to share.
Read more...James Galbraith: CBO Not Competent to Assess Economics of Minimum Wage
James Galbraith slams an “unreliable” CBO report claiming that raising the minimum wage would reduce jobs.
Read more...Global Coup d’État: Mapping the Corporate Takeover of Global Governance
Why you should be very, very worried when our supposed betters start talking up the newest neoliberal Trojan horse, global governance.
Read more...Working From Home: Too Much of a Good Thing
Why and how much the working from home trend is likely to be unwound post Covid (assuming a post Covid).
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Trumpism after Trump – NEWSWEEK Magazine, Interviewed by Basit Mahmood
Varoufakis believes Biden Administration fecklessness and love of austerity will strengthen the Trump faction.
Read more...The Bank of England Should Stop Broadcasting the Views of a Comfortable Financial Elite
A “put foot in mouth and chew” episode from Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane.
Read more...The Chip Shortage: Brought to You By American Neoliberalism
While the chip shortage will sort itself out in the next six months, the US can’t remedy its dependence on foreigners for critical supplies.
Read more...Why U.S. Labor Laws Need a Major Update—The PRO Act Is a Great Start
Biden is proposing some significant changes to labor law. Does the legislation live up to its billing?
Read more...The Most Fragile Oil Price Rally In History
Some of the economic forecasts underlying the bullish oil price views are so sunny I’m gonna need shades.
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