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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Economic Follies of the 1960s Echo in the 2012 Presidential Campaign

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The 2012 presidential campaign is gaining momentum. Both sides agree that the economy will be the central issue. Mitt Romney is promising t...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

US Inflation Data: Seasonally Adjusted CPI Shows Zero Change for April

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The headline number in the latest inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumer...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Inflation is Quiet, So Why are People Still Feeling its Pain?

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This week’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows no change in the seasonally adjusted U.S. consumer price index for April. Re...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Costs of the employer health care deduction and other links

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Writing in Forbes , Avik Roy explains how the employer health care deduction drives up health care costs for everyone, in part by increasin...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

How the Latin Triangle Swallowed the Euro

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Back in 1996, Rudiger Dornbusch wrote a paper about the political economy of exchange rates in Latin America. He called it “The Latin Triang...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Looking for the Good News in the April Jobs Report

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The April jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is not a strong one. Most comments have focused on the bad news, especially the ...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Fracking and the Environment: An Economic Perspective

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When people look at “fracking”—the production of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing techniques--they see different things. Critics se...