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Saturday, February 27, 2016

The $835 Million Man

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And no autopsy?
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Friday, February 26, 2016

Thinking About a Recession Election in the US for 2016

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There has been a lot of skittishness recently about the prospects for a recession, US or global, this year.  No need to link—the discussion ...
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Wonkerydämmerung?

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The first I heard of Friedman's numbers, I ignored them as a rosy scenario projection of trends-with-benefits: add up all the best outco...
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Authority Figures Criticizing the Junk Science from Gerald Friedman

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Christina and David Romer have written a devastating critic of that silly multiplier analysis from Gerald Friedman but some do not even wan...
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Romer^2 on Friedman on Sanders

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Oh dear.  Today's Romer and Romer response to Gerald Friedman’s paper on the economic consequences of Sanders seems to have identified ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The Sanders Fiscal Stimulus and Verdoorn’s Law

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Noah Smith on the Friedman flap: “If Friedman and others are right, it would up end most of mainstream macro, and would force a dramatic r...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Krugman v. Mankiw on Rubio’s Tax Cut – Show Me the Model

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Greg Mankiw of Team Republican tries to counter an attack from Paul Krugman on Rubio’s tax cut for the rich, which may come as breathing s...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Krugman, the Gang of Four and the NAIRU Straitjacket

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G. Friedman v. M. Friedman Krugman and the CEA Gang of Four former chairs  don't come right out and say it but G. Friedman's pro...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you...

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And then they attack you and want to burn you.  And last they forget you and attribute what you said to Gandhi, Stalin, Hitler, Abe Lincol...

Alan Krueger and the "Environmental Kuznets Curve."

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In 1994 Krueger -- one of the former CEA chairs who signed the Sanders letter -- and Gene Grossman published a paper titled "Economic G...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Now Go Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well, Dr. Krugman

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Varieties of Voodoo , by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: America’s two big political parties are very different from each other... Rep...
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The Sanders Economic Analysis Flap

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Not often is a single economics paper propelled to the front of the news cycle, but this is what happened to Gerry Friedman’s analysis of Sa...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Post Post Work Post

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" Automation may mean a post-work society but we shouldn't be afraid ," writes Paul Mason at the Guardian . Mason writes, ...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

New Monetarist Stephen Williamson Completely Loses It

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New Monetarist Stephen Williamson has declared "The End of Central Banking." He focuses on the central banks recently announcing ...
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