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Monday, August 19, 2019

A Little-Noticed Inflation Indicator That is Worth a Closer Look

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 As talk of a new recession grows louder, everyone is watching some favorite indicator. The yield curve, claims for unemployment, the qui...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Investment and Exports Explain Why the economy Isn’t Taking Off Like a Rocket

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President Donald Trump’s huge tax cut, signed into law in December 2017, was supposed to make the economy take off “like a rocket ship.”...
Sunday, August 4, 2019

Trends in the Distribution of Weath Are Even Scarier Than Trends in Income

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“We have an economy in this country that is not working for working people,” says  Sen. Kamala Harris , a Democratic candidate for Presi...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

It's Time to Phase Out Employer Sponsored Health Insurance. Here's How.

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A few month ago, I wrote a post explaining why employer sponsored health insurance (ESHI) has been called the  original sin of the U.S. ...

The Non Sequitur in Sanders' Case for Medicare for All

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During June’s  Democratic debate , moderator Lester Holt asked Bernie Sanders a question about Medicare for All. Sanders replied: ...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Medicare for America: A Health Care Plan That Deserves a Second Look

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Last December two Democratic representatives, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, introduced a health care ref...
Sunday, June 9, 2019

The Economics of a Job Guarantee

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A federal job guarantee (JG) is one of the hardy perennials of American politics. Such a guarantee would offer public-service employment ...