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Ongoing disaster evident in too many states

posted to Economic Policy Institute on Fri 17th May 13

Earlier this month, the national jobs report was released, revealing the ongoing disaster resulting from a persistently weak economic recovery. Todays release of state employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics helps identify the states that face the
Ongoing Joblessness in Texas: African American and Hispanic unemployment rates far exceed the white unemployment rate in the state

posted to Economic Policy Institute on Thu 16th May 13

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Ongoing Joblessness in Michigan: Unemployment rate for African Americans tops in nation, more than double the states white rate

posted to Economic Policy Institute on Thu 16th May 13

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State of Working America 2008/2009

posted to Economic Policy Institute on Tue 26th Aug 08

Released in time for Labor Day, the advanced edition of EPI's authoritative volume The State of Working America 2008/2009 is now available. Described as the "most comprehensive independent analysis of the U.S. labor market" by the Financial Times, the 11th
Tax-cut snake oil

posted to Economic Policy Institute on Thu 11th Sep 08

Two new reports from the EPI and the Center for American Progress (CAP) take a hard look at the effectiveness of "supply-side" tax cuts for the wealthy and find they fail to spur economic growth or increase tax revenues--as claimed repeatedly by political leaders
The weakest recovery since WWII

posted to Economic Policy Institute on Thu 1st May 08

The Commerce Department's announcement that GDP growth continued to falter in the first quarter of 2008, coming on top of rising unemployment and three straight months of declining employment, makes it all but certain that the nation has entered a new recession

Noted for May 19, 2013

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Sun 19th May 13

Doug Hall: Ongoing employment disaster evident in too many states | Dan Drezner http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/16/the_worst_piece_of_conventional_wisdom_you_will_read_this_year | Raghu Rajan: Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?
The Marketplace of Ideas

posted to Daily Economy on Fri 17th May 13

Here’s what’s going on in the online world of economics.Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) wants to let students borrow money at the same low interest rates as big banks. Here are some arguments for and against her idea from Robert Scheer, Helaine
Noted for May 4, 2013

posted to Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal on Fri 3rd May 13

Jeffrey Frankel: Nominal GDP Targeting is Left, Right?: "The recent surge in interest in Nominal GDP Targeting, as an alternative to money targeting or inflation targeting if the central bank is to commit to a nominal target of some sort, has prompted some