Easy Money is Dangerous Without Activist Fiscal Policy
Why over-reliance on monetary policy and the failure to engage in fiscal deficits is a toxic mix.
Read more...Why over-reliance on monetary policy and the failure to engage in fiscal deficits is a toxic mix.
Read more...Why intellectual property rights are a form of private tax, and how they are abusive when applied to IP developed out of public funding.
Read more...We have been at war in Syria over pipelines since 1949. This is just the next mad phase.
Read more...Policy choices have subjected manufacturing workers to global competition while shielding high-wage professionals.
Read more...Funny how it’s OK for defenders of the 0.1% like Hamilton Lane to blame class warfare on their soon-to-be-fallen standing, but not the 99%.
Read more...The ECB is set to dig its hole even deeper….
Read more...Economists are more and more worried about Germany’s rising trade surpluses. Calling Wolfgang Schauble to the white courtesy phone….
Read more...Economists are remarkably slow to embrace the idea of more aggressive fiscal policy, despite growing evidence that it is sorely needed.
Read more...Why Trump’s tax policies and Clinton’s immigration policies are both deficient in terms of their stated objective of promoting growth.
Read more...Dean Baker explains how market structure, which results from policy choices, legislation, and regulation, serve the rich first and foremost.
Read more...Debt scaremongering is baaack! Why Pete Peterson and his budget falsehoods are a danger to your and your grandkids’ financial health.
Read more...The UK faces a customs nightmare as IT systems needed to handle the new volumes and requirements are almost certain not to be ready on time.
Read more...Why China’s fabulously leveraged housing market may finally be on the verge of a long-anticipated implosion.
Read more...Why the timeframe for replacing oil is much shorter than most experts believe, making a crisis almost impossible to avoid.
Read more...The Bank of England offers an easily-debunked defense of predatory and fraudulent lending.
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