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Thursday, December 22, 2016

What Is the Nairu and Why Does it Matter?

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In December 2016, after a year-long pause, the Fed resumed its tightening of monetary policy. As usual, the action took the form of a quar...
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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Does Paul Krugman Really Want to Say Hillary Could Have Won Only by Keeping the Truth from Voters?

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Paul Krugman says the election was hacked. He thinks Hillary Clinton would have won the presidency, but for two problems: I’m ta...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Just About Managing: How the "Jams" Elected Donald Trump

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Hillary Clinton famously characterized Donald Trump’s voters as a “basket of deplorables,” but she was wrong. Our friends, the British, ha...
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Monday, December 5, 2016

This Chart Shows Why the Fed Will Be Tightening Monetary Policy Soon

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Will policymakers at the Fed raise interest rates at their December meeting? Wall Street  oddsmakers increasingly think they will. One simp...
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Why a Protectionist Shock Would Do More to Harm Than to Help the Job Market

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Dramatic promises to restrict international trade were a signature element of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. So far, he seems to be ...
Friday, November 18, 2016

Free Trade Under Fire

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The recent presidential election was characterized by attacks on free trade from leading candidates in both parties. As I detailed in my ear...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Why Does Big Business Fear Trump?

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It is not surprising that there is little love for Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy among the leaders of top US multinational corpora...