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Noted for May 22, 2013

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Wed 22nd May 13

Mark Thoma: Economist's View: Inequality and Economic Growth: Paul Krugman and Tony Atkinson | Dylan Matthews: Senior poverty is much worse than you think | THE humble shipping container is a powerful antidote to economic pessimism and fears of slowing innovation.
Brad DeLong (Summer 2010): It Is Far too Soon to End Expansion: Wednesday Hoisted from Three Years Ago

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Wed 22nd May 13

Brad DeLong: It is far too soon to end expansion:It was in 1829 that John Stuart Mill made the key intellectual leap in figuring out how to fight what he called general gluts: he saw that what had happened was an enormous excess demand for particular financial
Exchequer Chancellor Osborne Braced for IMF Verdict

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Wed 22nd May 13

An Article IV consultation for a reserve-currency sovereign that might actually matter:Rachel Cooper:Osborne braced for IMF verdict on UK economy: George Osborne is braced for the International Monetary Fund's verdict on Britain's economic prospects amid speculation

Ryan Avent: European Monetary Policymakers Behaving Badly

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Wed 2nd Mar 11

RA:Inflation: Judging by the headline | The Economist: For an inflation spiral to begin, it's not sufficient for firms to pass on energy costs to customers. Those customers must then demand higher wages, which are themselves higher firm costs. But most European
The Geithner Plan FAQ

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Sun 22nd Mar 09

Q: What is the Geithner Plan?A: The Geithner Plan is a trillion-dollar operation by which the U.S. acts as the world's largest hedge fund investor, committing its money to funds to buy up risky and distressed but probably fundamentally undervalued assets and,
Post-Meltdown After-Action Report: The Housing Market, the Tasks of the Fed and the Treasury, and Economists' Reputational Bets

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Sat 15th Mar 08

Paul Krugman comments on Dean Baker's ire:The few, the proud, the ignored: Dean Baker is mad at Robert Rubin for suggesting that "few, if any" people saw the financial meltdown coming.I'd say that there are two levels to this. First, a lot of people -- including

Links for 05-21-2013

posted to Economist's View on Tue 21st May 13

Where Are The Deficit Celebrations? - Paul KrugmanFed Paper Urges Trading Revamp - WSJSenior poverty is much worse than you think - Dylan MathewsJeffrey Frankel on Alesina - Brad DeLongFears of Widespread Rate Shock Unfounded - CBPPMacroeconomic Machismo -
On Whose Research is the Case for Austerity Mistakenly Based?

posted to Jeff Frankels Weblog on Mon 20th May 13

Several of my colleagues on the Harvard faculty have recently been casualties in the cross-fire between fiscal austerians and stimulators. Economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff have received an unbelievable amount of press attention, ever since they were
Links for 05-20-2013

posted to Economist's View on Mon 20th May 13

Department of "WTF?!?!": Education Gap Weblogging - Brad DeLongAmericas future early education system - Consider the EvidenceIs there a stock-market bubble? - James SurowieckiRedeeming Bangladesh - EconomixEuropeans' Biggest Problem - Carola BinderThe