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Cyclical vs Structural Unemployment part N

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Robert }
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Robert WaldmannKevin Drum stresses the very sound point that even if part of current unemployment is structural, we should stimulate to get rid of the part which is cyclical. I don't have a serious disagreement and choose to debate ...Read More »

Together, credo and trinity … our purpose

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Rdan }
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by reader Ilsm American Empire and “exert upon the world the full impact of our influence for such purposes as we see fit and by such means as we see fit” (Henry R. Luce); why the generals push back on ...Read More »

Angry Bear blog at Jackson Hole symposium

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Rdan }
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by Dan Crawford (Rdan)(H/t Ken Houghton)Eric Leeper's paper Monetary Science, Fiscal Alchemy∗, also found ungated in the Financial Times: Jackson Hole papers finally available, mentioned Angry Bear in a footnote page 12 in the section on reactions to the lastest ...Read More »

Simpson to disabled vets

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Rdan }
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Daily Kos: Simpson to disabled vets: You cost too much Joan McCarter: Fresh off of being forgiven by the White House, Simpson has a new target.:RALEIGH, N.C.—The system that automatically awards disability benefits to some veterans because of concerns about ...Read More »

When You Don’t Spend Any, the Velocity of Money becomes Zero

{ Posted on Aug 31 2010 by Ken Houghton }
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Categories : All, Angry Bear, human capital, recovery, solvency crisis
Edmoney is tracking the allocation and spending of education-related stimulus grants. The map is here. Some states have gotten the funds into circulation better than others. Selected states below (GA was highlighted by them):California, 78%New Jersey, 63%Georgia, 62%Indiana, ...Read More »

Dealing with the Sunset of the Bush Tax Cuts (Part V in a series)–dividends at capital gains rate

{ Posted on Aug 31 2010 by Rdan }
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by Linda Bealecrossposted with AtaxingmatterDealing with the Sunset of the Bush Tax Cuts (Part V in a series)--dividends at capital gains rateIN this series, i've been discussing the merits of enacting a new series of tax cuts that mimic, at ...Read More »

"Why is Social Security Under Examination?"

{ Posted on Aug 31 2010 by Bruce Webb }
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Categories : All, Angry Bear, social security
This is the title of a post of a diary at another site, one of no particular interest on its own because it just puts people on the wrong road.A straight out analysis of the economic numbers underlying Social Security ...Read More »

Trade in the national accounts

{ Posted on Aug 30 2010 by spencer }
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I though a little different perspective on the impact of trade on the real GDP accounts might be interesting.The first chart is of imports market share, or imports as a share of what we purchase in the US. In ...Read More »

Central Banks can target short term interest rates no matter what

{ Posted on Aug 30 2010 by Robert }
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Robert WaldmannPaul Krugman asks a rhetorical question which I dare to answer. He is still considering Kocherlakota's argument that low interest rates imposed by the monetary authority must cause deflation."First of all, if inflation isn’t sticky, how is it ...Read More »

Dean Baker Schools Simpson on Social Security

{ Posted on Aug 30 2010 by Bruce Webb }
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Categories : Alan Simpson, All, Angry Bear, social security
by Bruce WebbDean asks: 1) How much higher are real wages projected to be in 2040 than today? In other words, how much richer do we expect the average worker to be 30 years from now?2) How did the 2010 ...Read More »
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