Tag Archives: GDP

What Happens When Work Doesn’t Pay

Posted on August 5, 2022 by MN Gordon

Jobs data reported this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that, as of the last business day of June, there are 10.7 million job openings. Hence, according to the numbers, there are many more available jobs than willing workers. Continue reading →

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Paying the Price for Krugman’s Terrible Mistake

Posted on July 29, 2022 by MN Gordon

Clear economic thinking and lucid communication via the written word tumbled out of fashion nearly 100 years ago. The fall from grace was triggered by the 1936 publication of John Maynard Keynes’ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter: An Immodest Suggestion

Posted on July 31, 2020 by MN Gordon

Here at the Economic Prism we hesitate to offer advice. We don’t know the answers. We hardly know the questions. But we do observe, contemplate, and reflect. And as far as we can tell the BLM movement is empty of ideas and without direction. Hence, from a place of modesty, we offer an immodest suggestion. Continue reading →

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How to Prepare as the Fed Scorches the Earth

Posted on October 25, 2019 by MN Gordon

The hillsides are always brown in the land of fruits and nuts come autumn. After baking away all summer long in the hot sun, the dense sage and chaparral covering the coastal hillsides and canyons are dry and toasty. Though, before conditions get better, they must first get worse. Continue reading →

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