Showing posts with label inflation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inflation. Show all posts
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Iceland Bankers Convicted and Unemployment is Down

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Remember Iceland? During the high-flying early 2000s, its three main banks went berserk, paying high interest rates to international investo...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Real Wages Rise Slightly but Remain below Peak for 41st Straight Year

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Remember the Economic Report of the President ? If you've been reading this blog for at least a year, of course you do. It's where w...
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Monday, August 5, 2013

Basics: Let's Debase the Dollar!

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A lot of people, especially conservatives, complain about the so-called debasement of the U.S. dollar. For example, Craig R. Smith , who is ...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Is the Growth of Manufacturing Production a Mirage?

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A lot of people lament the decline in manufacturing employment, which has fallen by about 1/3 since 2000. As Upjohn Institute economist Sus...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Best Data on Middle Class Decline (Updated)

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The flurry of posts earlier this month on middle class decline ( me , Lane Kenworthy , Matthew Yglesias , Kevin Drum ) made me think some mo...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Inflation is Neither as Boring Nor as Simple as it Seems

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One nice thing about Dean Baker's new book, The End of Loser Liberalism , is that it puts the Federal Reserve Bank and inflation un...