tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4948010694973351677..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Main PointUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-17986526625429648992012-05-18T10:28:01.118-04:002012-05-18T10:28:01.118-04:00What then, shall be done?
Helicopter-drop money a...What then, shall be done?<br /><br />Helicopter-drop money a la Steve Randy Waldman?<br /><br />I like it. But for the long term, I think the best approach (combining economic and political exigencies) would be a greatly expanded and simplified EITC, with benefit and/or eligibility levels indexed to some measure of unemployment.Steve Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895481216028771016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-85320258087982567902012-05-15T10:15:16.842-04:002012-05-15T10:15:16.842-04:00"If you accept the cyclical story, and the ev..."If you accept the cyclical story, and the evidence certainly weighs in its favor, you should not accept another month, much less year after year, of excuses for austerity."<br /><br /><br />No you shouldnt!! Thank you, very well put.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139782404004492965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-18959468012922618422012-05-14T20:14:20.908-04:002012-05-14T20:14:20.908-04:00To avoid the whole discussion of austerity we coul...To avoid the whole discussion of austerity we could actually employ a modern day "debt-jubilee" (Steve Keen's idea). This plays right into the second story or reducing claims to wealth in abnormal times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720722626969395929noreply@blogger.com