Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Baltimore It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions,
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Hillary Clinton and Joseph Stiglitz’ rewriting of economic rules | Blog#42
Paul Krugman’s Derp op-ed didn’t materialize out of nowhere and, while it may have sprung from its author’s inner diva,
What we’re arguing about when we’re arguing about trade deals. | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
What we’re arguing about when we’re arguing about trade deals.
MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
I came across an excellent mash-up of segments from Martin Luther King’s speeches on poverty and the end of an interview of James Baldwin in PBS’ “The Negro and The American Promise.” These two men expressed, in ten minutes and fifty three seconds, far more than Thomas Piketty did in a seven hundred-page book.
Jared Bernstein: Full Employment, Trade Deficits, and the Savings Glut:
A Fascinating Debate in the Macro Blogosphere Jared Bernstein | On the Economy | April 2nd, 2015 The macro blogosphere is on fire, as Bernanke, Summers, and Krugman are having a fascinating discussion that starts with secular stagnation (persistently weak demand, even in expansions), adds a strong dose of international trade with an emphasis on … Continue reading Jared Bernstein: Full Employment, Trade Deficits, and the Savings Glut:
Jared Bernstein: CBPP Forum: Full Employment
Our full employment event…the video! March 31st, 2015 at 10:14 am Watch it here, where ‘it’ is the event CBPP ran yesterday for our full employment project. Ben Bernanke–now a fellow blogger(!)–gave a great keynote speech wherein he made a connection that I view as very important: adding an international dimension to the secular stagnation … Continue reading Jared Bernstein: CBPP Forum: Full Employment
Beyond salvation? Democratic party politics on Blog#42
Our system of politics has been breaking for some time. I’ve made numerous public comments on various aspects of our degrading democracy over the last few years. What I’ve only recently begun to articulate, however, is that the problems we’ve all been focused on in connection to events pertaining to the right, also exist on the left, perhaps to a lesser … Continue reading Beyond salvation? Democratic party politics on Blog#42
A postscript to my comment on Paul Krugman: Apologizing to Japan | NYTimes
Postscript: It is disappointing, to put it mildly, that in the day and age we live in, some people still readily equate racial homogeneity with a societal harmony. If anything, this is yet another sign that our knowledge of relatively recent history is fading and we badly need a refresher.
Larry Summers adds concerns about insufficient supply to those about inadequate demand…to which I ask, “why go there?” | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
By Jared Bernstein Larry Summers adds concerns about insufficient supply to those about inadequate demand…to which I ask, “why go there?”
New (Year) Ruminations: Lucky Among 95 Million Losers. Yep! That’s me. | Blog#42
Lucky Among 95 Million Losers: Yep! That’s me.