The Jobs Recovery, Compared to the “Good Times” Trend
February confirms: V-shaped jobs recovery petered out in October about two-thirds into it.
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Economists’ Rx: “Sick? Stay Home!”
Economists endorse sick day mandates. Pass the word.
Read more...Covid Baby Bust Has Governments Rattled
A falloff in baby production has capitalists very worried.
Read more...GOP Voting Rights Act Position Falls Apart in SCOTUS Arguments
The GOP scored an own goal in its Supreme Court arguments on a closely-watched Arizona voting rights case.
Read more...Bad Stimulus: Government Payments to Individuals Are a Terrible Way to Solve America’s Structural Economic Problems
Why the Biden stimulus program is fundamentally wrongheaded.
Read more...The Bullshit Economy: Homebuying “Help”
Introducing “The Bullshit Economy” from Jared Hoist, on products and companies that exist solely to exploit policy failures, in a bad way.
Read more...A Big Fiscal Push is Urgent, The Risk of Overheating Is Small
The $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus should be large because the need is large.
Read more...A Less Trumpy Version of Trumpism Might Be the Future of the Republican Party
The Republican Party is already repositioning itself.
Read more...“I’m Sorry,” Says Ro Khanna, “An Unelected Parliamentarian Does Not Get to Deprive 32 Million Americans the Wage Raise They Deserve.”
The Biden Administration proves it cares only about the donor classes by standing pat as its own $15 minimum wage proposal founders.
Read more...Eviction Moratorium Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Texas
The Trump and Biden stimulus on the cheap, of having landlords support income-starved renters in lieu of subsidies, is now in trouble.
Read more...Why Black and Hispanic Small-Business Owners Have Been So Badly Hit in the Pandemic Recession
Another setback for minority communities: their business owners have taken disproportionate hits in the pandemic.
Read more...Why It’s Good for San Francisco that Rents Dropped 29% to Multiyear Low. But They Haven’t Dropped Nearly Enough Yet
Rents in San Francisco have taken a beating. But they need to fall further.
Read more...Housing and the American Dream: Is A House Still a Home?
Single-family home-ownership—elusive for many today—is an aspiration we ought to abandon.
Read more...Why Behavioral Economics Needs Behavioral Biology: Avoiding Arms Races
Are behavioral economists really nudging people in the right direction?
Read more...Sanders ‘Confident’ $15 Minimum Wage Possible Through Senate Reconciliation
“Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not incidental to the federal budget and is permissible under the rules,” Senator Bernie Sanders says.
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