Category Archives: Economic fundamentals

“Should We Rethink Fiscal Policy?”

Economists are remarkably slow to embrace the idea of more aggressive fiscal policy, despite growing evidence that it is sorely needed.

How Does Diversity Affect Economic Growth? A Look at Data on Immigration, Tax Rates and Real GDP per Capita

Why Trump’s tax policies and Clinton’s immigration policies are both deficient in terms of their stated objective of promoting growth.

Dean Baker: Rigged – How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer

Dean Baker explains how market structure, which results from policy choices, legislation, and regulation, serve the rich first and foremost.

Bill Black: Debt Derangement Syndrome – Saving Our Grandkids from Wall Street

Debt scaremongering is baaack! Why Pete Peterson and his budget falsehoods are a danger to your and your grandkids’ financial health.

Another Huge Brexit Spanner in the Works: UK Faces Customs Train Wreck With Need for IT Upgrade

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.

China’s Insanely Leveraged Housing Market Will Enter Its Secular Bear Market In 2017

Why China’s fabulously leveraged housing market may finally be on the verge of a long-anticipated implosion.

Ilargi: Why the Energy Crisis is Coming Sooner Than Most Experts Forecast

Why the timeframe for replacing oil is much shorter than most experts believe, making a crisis almost impossible to avoid.

Bill Black: Bank of England Says Authorities Mustn’t Fine Banks Because Groaf

The Bank of England offers an easily-debunked defense of predatory and fraudulent lending.

The Evidence Is Clear: Population Growth and Prosperity Are NOT Linked

An in-depth analysis of why the assertion that more population growth promotes higher living standards is bunk.

Salvation Army Slams New Zealand’s Loose Immigration Policy for Hurting Local Workers

Immigration is a hot topic in the antipodes too, for much the same reason as in the US….the impact on jobs and wage rates.

Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP

How much-derided “populism” has revealed some ugly truths about the TPP, leading Clinton and Obama to try to reposition themselves.

How the Housing Bubble is Remaking Australia’s Class Structure

How the housing bubble is restructuring Australian society. Are the same patterns emerging in your country?

Why Italy’s Banking Crisis is Spiraling Out of Control

Even by the standards of European kick-the-can-down-the-road exercises, measures to stave of an Italian banking crisis are really slapdash.

Gaius Publius: Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest

The megadrought is coming….and it is not pretty.