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I received this newsletter in my inbox today after watching the debate last night, and there isn’t anything with which …
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Newt Gingrich & Art Laffer debate Paul Krugman & George Papandreou tonight in Toronto: Live stream @ 7pm eastern
The debate is about taxing the rich. You can watch live here @7pm eastern May 30, 2013.
An update on my anecdote for employment in the US
I made a post last week about an anecdote I thought was related to improvements in the US labor market. …
Musing on Bernanke’s testimony and the Sumner Critique: Bernanke wants to tighten policy
For a few weeks starting in March of this year I was a Bernanke fan, having been quite pleased with …
Lack of critical thinking contributes to disasters, large and small
I’ve had some good laughs at work lately; and they stem from an idea that a particular set of technical …
The Bernanke Mumblings: Passing the Buck, CYA, B.S., and fibbing by commission and omission
I was considering taking a break this weekend since I have been working quite a bit, hoping to spend my …
Chairman Brady of the Joint Economic Committee is a disgrace
I tried to watch the video of Fed Chairman Bernanke’s testimony today. I got as far as the first 32 …
Caricature of tensions between the Treasury and the Fed in the 1930’s
The following cartoon was posted by Amity Shlaes on Facebook and I thought my Market Monetarist friends might like it.
Anecdotal evidence that the US employment dynamic is starting to shift
I hope that you will forgive me for being vague in this post, but because of my position to know …
Report of the effects of extended UI on unemployment
There’s a new paper out at the San Francisco Fed in which the authors, Henry Faber and Robert Valletta, examined …
