SCOTT SUMNER II
…I wonder if he is even aware that economic historians label the 1870’s as the “Long Depression”. I find it really amusing that he so proud of what others call…
…I wonder if he is even aware that economic historians label the 1870’s as the “Long Depression”. I find it really amusing that he so proud of what others call…
…same results.” In fact, there’s no necessary connection between socialism, communism or Marxism and market failure or authoritarian repression. The obvious counterexample is the Great Depression, which was an economic…
…levels of some proteins and peptides were elevated in schizophrenic patients. They also saw characteristic changes in samples taken from patients with depression. The identification of specific biomarkers could redefine…
…The Trump administration also instituted other sanctions and restrictions, including some that took advantage of the “state sponsor of terror” label, to block Cuba from bank transfers, wire transfers and…
…the Great Depression came about half a decade after big reductions in both marginal tax rates and regulation. Coincidence? 3. Obama’s performance might resemble that of other Democratic administrations more…
…long period (49 years), and 2. by then the wild economic swings following the Depression and World War II had settled down. If anyone wants to extend the period backward,…
…fast in the United States in recent months, down 10% or more. The world in the last six months–I don’t remember any time, maybe even the Great Depression, when things…
…Depression/War Babies 1929 to 1945, the Baby Boomers, 1946 to 1964, Gen-X from 1965 to 1983, and the Millennials from 1984 to 2001. In our first story who is the…
…includes ordoliberals who claim to remember the German hyperinflation but not the suffering under Bruening during the Great Depression which was long ago and irrelevant to Europe (the Europe which…
…variable people really associate with a recession or deeper depression. But how could this come about, a negative GDP change while employment holds up? This in fact looks like what…