Showing posts with label Capital in the 21st Century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Capital in the 21st Century. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

What Is the New Normal?

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  Popular Economics Weekly FREDcpi What will the future look like with the COVID-19 pandemic about to end, and a possible new cold war ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Why Slowing Retail Sales?

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Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Econoday Retail sales are slowing this fall, yet consumers’ confidence is at an all-time high...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

A Greater Lawlessness—Self Interest vs. The Common Interest

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Popular Economics Weekly Are we at the beginning of an era of Greater Lawlessness, or nearing the end with the greatest law breaking we...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Who Killed Our Middle Class?

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Popular Economics Weekly It’s becoming clear that our Middle Class—the midsection of U.S. earners and consumers—has shrunk alarmingly. ...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

What Happened to Link Between Profits and Productivity?

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Popular Economics Weekly What’s the link between profits and productivity, on which economic growth is based? It has broken down of lat...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

Baltimore and the Lessons of Inequality

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Financial FAQs David Brook’s most recent New York Times Oped talks about the dissolution of social bonds in Baltimore neighborhoods. “...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Political Consequences of Inequality

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Financial FAQs Paul Krugman recently highlighted the dangers of Europe’s austerity policies and the growing inequality of the developed w...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Who Are the Real Takers?

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Popular Economics Weekly We have been there before. The Census Bureau reported that the poverty rate fell in 2013, the first drop since 20...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Why Have a Higher Minimum Wage?

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Popular Economics Weekly The International Monetary Fund just came out with a depressing prognosis for US economic growth—2 percent this ...