Category Archives: The dismal science

Krugman Then and Now on Trade

Krugman shifts ground (yet again) as hostility to the negative effects of trade deals appears to be a big component of Sanders’ Michigan upset

Gerald Friedman Responds to the Romers on the Sanders Plan: Different Models, Different Politics

Gerald Friedman explains that the difference between his results and that of the Romers on the Sanders plan is the result of using different models.

Galbraith: Attack on Sanders’ Economic Plan By Former Chairs of the Council of Economic Advisors Irresponsible

Jamie Galbraith discusses in some detail why Gerald Friedman, a Clinton supporter who gave a favorable review of Sanders’ economic plan, is owed an apology by his detractors.

Forecasting Elections

How have prediction markets done versus the pundits in forecasting the 2016 elections so far?

James Galbraith Describes Major Forecast Failure in Model Used by Romers to Attack Friedman on Sanders Plan

James Galbraith examines the used forecast by Christine Romer and David Romer to attack Gerald Friedman’s favorable review of Sanders’ plan. He’d already shellacked the methodology in a 2014 book.

Negative Rates, Negative Reactions

A new survey suggests that negative rates will be counterproductive. Consumers will not spend more, as central banks wish, but will hoard.

Bill Black: Krugman Triples Down on His Smear of Friedman and Bernie

Krugman has really lost it.

Krugman and His Gang’s Libeling of Economist Gerald Friedman for Finding That Conventional Models Show That Sanders Plan Could Work

Krugman has made maliciously false statements about economics professor Gerald Friedman. Demand that the New York Times issue a correction and that Krugman apologize.

The ECB’s Original Sin and Franco Modigliani’s Long View

Franco Modigliani foresaw how the ECB and the Eurozone architecture had an anti-growth bias and proposed remedies that were ignored.

A Modest Proposal for an Efficient Rental Market

How to make the housing market conform to mainstream economists’ ideals.

Dean Baker Exposes How CBO Cooks Inflation Forecasts to Promote Deficit Scaremongering

Yet more funny forecasts from the CBO telling you why you can’t have nice things, like a better job market.

Paul Craig Roberts on Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host

An introduction to Michael Hudson and his latest book.

New York Times’ Bank-Boosting, Neoliberal-Excusing Story of the Global Debt Hangover

A new story at the New York Times on the global debt overhang is an economically warped account that omits important policy options.