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A common objection I see in some conservative circles is that employment gains or GDP are increased by “fake” work, where government spending is one […]

1. Some research on smart phone use and mental illness. 2. Ross Douthat has a serialized fantasy novel. 3. Movie Gen, in Meta. 4. “Home […]

As we dig into the fall semester, thousands of students will begin their first economics courses and be exposed to the world of economic thinking. […]

The story is in The Wall Street Journal it shows the dictator’s trade-offs and benefits. It shows that it is not easy to be a […]

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Yves here. Corroborating Wolff’s account of the reaction to the unexpectedly strong new jobs report and an update to the labor force data, the money […]

This is the subject of my latest column for Bloomberg, here is an excerpt: Economists from Princeton, Vanderbilt and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. […]

Donald J. Trump’s presidency has broken the mold in many ways, including the way he thinks about judicial appointments. Unlike other recent presidents, Trump was […]

ZeroHedge and EJ Antoni assert that yes, relying on the in-house series… Figure 1: Total change in private employment (black bold), change attributable to government […]

Bloomberg has several articles today where prominent economists respond to today’s strong jobs report. Here is the president of the Chicago Fed Austin Goolsbee: […]