(Dec. 20, 2016) A year-end summing up of where we stand is harder than usual this time!
Category Archives: inequality
Clinton Economics vs. Trump Economics
Nov. 4, 2016- [These two pages were written for an OMFIF report released Oct. 28. They draw on some of my preceding columns.]
If one judges by the two candidates’ economic policy stances, the 2016 US presidential campaign is not quite as much of a departure from the past as it otherwise appears.
The Fed and Inequality
(Oct. 28, 2016) Populist politicians, among others, have claimed in recent years that monetary policy is too easy and that it is hurting ordinary workers. But raising interest rates is not the way to address income inequality.