Tag Archives: GDP
Paying the Price for Krugman’s Terrible Mistake
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
Black Lives Matter: An Immodest Suggestion
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
How to Prepare as the Fed Scorches the Earth
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
Why Fed Chair Powell’s a Laughingstock
Powell believes this ”technical adjustment” will compel banks with excess reserves parked at the Fed to pursue better returns elsewhere. Powell also believes lowering the IOER rate will keep the federal funds rate from deviating above its upper range. Continue reading
