Daily Archives: October 13, 2014

Economics

Jared Bernstein: Full #employment, trade deficits, and the dollar as reserve currency

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By Jared Bernstein
October 7, 2014

Full employment, trade deficits, and the dollar as reserve currency. What are the connections?

I’ve been looking for an excuse to scratch out a few lines about the connections between full employment, the trade deficit, and dollar policy—connections that understandably don’t jump out at everyone—and I’ve found a particularly good one.

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#GOP’er #Tillis: #Dems ‘Redistributed’ Trillions On ‘De Facto #Reparations’

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By DANIEL STRAUSS
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House Speaker Thom Tillis, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, once released a statement that said federal and state governments had “redistributed” “trillions of dollars over the years” — amounting to “de facto reparations.” Continue reading #GOP’er #Tillis: #Dems ‘Redistributed’ Trillions On ‘De Facto #Reparations’ →