This Is Bad Stock Market News
When stocks go up, is that good? And when they go down, it’s bad? That apparently is what many financial reporters assume, and they keep reminding us of it. …
Category: Macroeconomics
This Is the World’s Other Existential Crisis (Why Isn’t It In the News?)
Climate change is an “existential” crisis facing the world — at least according to news headlines. But there’s another looming crisis of the existential variety, that few reporters ever …
Elizabeth Warren, Libertarian
U.S. progressives have lionized Senator Elizabeth Warren as champion of the 99 percent against the powers of Wall Street. But how many have looked up her views on education? …
Who Is An Economist?
Can someone be an economist, without a Ph.D. degree in the subject? The unwritten rule in USA is: No. This can get awkward. The chairman of the Federal Reserve …