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Soc Sec XXIX: What does patriotism have to do with Social Security 'crisis'
Well more than you might think.If you examine the economic and demographic assumptions that together generate the standard Intermediate Cost alternative of the Social Security Trustees you see a picture of a future America that is kind of bleak. I mean I lived through the period from 1968 to 1983... Read more...
Published 6 hours ago

Unleash Fiscal Policy?
So says Robert Reich. And what he means is investment in infrastructure.When Philip Swagel, the administration's spokesman, was asked if the economy needs another stimulus package after having lost 62,000 jobs, all he could say was"I-it seems, you know, it seems like that's, that's enough, uh,... Read more...
Published 7 hours ago

"Yours!"
Fed values Bear Stearns assets at a level where it has only cost them $100,000nothing—so far. (Indeed, there's a $50,000 "buffer" left.)Strangely, the scuttlebutt in the market yesterday was that the valuation should be around $24 billion. Or at least that's how I read this paragraph:If the... Read more...
Published 21 hours ago

Beginning path to a career in econ
Hat tip Robert Waldmann post autistic thought...er, economic ... stochastic...er. Just press the button already.Ken Houghton says the race is on. A man who likes this video should be a guest...he takes himself seriously. Read more...
Published 24 hours ago

More Gloom and Doom
Barack Obama has been reading the Wall Street Journal. Read more...
Published 1 day ago

High Gasoline Prices: Pete Davis v. Lawrence Kudlow
Let’s start with the comments of someone who can actually think:Up on Capitol Hill today, talking to a senior Democratic Senate staff protege, I was asked "What can we do to counter the Republicans on offshore drilling for oil?" My response was, "There is no short-term fix to our long-term... Read more...
Published 1 day ago

Same lithium battery, new connection X10 power
Reader ddrew2u sends this post:Readers of December's Popular Mechanics know that Stanford University scientists have already engineered a lithium ion enhancement that promises to multiply charge capacity ability about four times in the short term and as much as ten times in the long term.For 30... Read more...
Published 1 day ago

But Unemployment Did Not Increase
The latest Employment Situation Summary was released a couple of hours ago:Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in June (-62,000), while the unemployment rate held at 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to... Read more...
Published 1 day ago

Republicans warn that Democrats will cause a difference
I'm looking for a bumper stickers that says,Bin Laden still has his job, do you?But seriously, when Bush took office in January 2001:The unemployment rate was 4.2%, now it is 5.5%.The inflation rate was 3.7%, now it is 4.1%.Gasoline was around $1.45, now it is over $4.00.The S&P 500 was 1,342 and... Read more...
Published 1 day ago

Concealed Guns in Airports
The NYT notes the following on gun bans:A decision by Georgia legislators to relax the state’s gun laws has led to a dispute over whether people can legally carry concealed firearms in the nation’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International.A Georgia gun rights group filed a... Read more...
Published 1 day ago

Cross posting with Naked Capitalism
We've mentioned we are going to go to Alaska to watch the ice melt. That means no Internet from August 3 to August 10, inclusive, save maybe a visit to an Internet cafe to check e-mail.Those who might want to try their hand at guest blogging (or have an established blog and would cross post)... Read more...
Published 1 day ago

Who's your daddy?
Mark Thoma has original attribution at Economist's ViewEconomic Dreams-Economic Nightmares discusses Jamie Galbraith's recent presentation:Hyman Minsky, John Kenneth Galbraith and John Maynard Keynes take center stage as James Galbraith throws down the gauntlet to contemporary mainstream... Read more...
Published 1 day ago