Public Job Creation
The federal government must do more to create jobs -- and to ensure that women get a fair share of them, an economist writes.
View ArticlePressuring the Fed Can Backfire
A Republican move to sway the central bank, while not without precedent, seems to have been preordained to fail.
View ArticleMisrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs
Republicans are using the nation's economic problems as an excuse to pursue the business agenda of eliminating regulation, an economist writes.
View ArticleThe Infrastructure Twofer: Jobs Now and Future Growth
Investment in infrastructure construction and repair is an efficient way to create jobs, an economist writes.
View ArticleGovernment Spending and the Economy
A federal stimulus program that devoted more of its funds to consumption and investment spending would have done more to increase economic growth and might, perhaps, have quieted critics on both sides...
View ArticleOther Ways to Look at G.D.P. and What It Tells Us
Just how strong the economy is, and what benefits economic growth, are matters of continuing debate among economic theorists, an economist writes.
View ArticleBlaming Obama for George W. Bush's Policies
Mitt Romney's economic team ignores the record in blaming President Obama for ills created by George W. Bush's policies, particularly his tax cuts, an economist writes.
View ArticleThe Flawed Case for Fiscal Stimulus
The safety-net programs in the federal stimulus that helped fight the recession came at a cost of weakening incentives to work or hire, an economist writes.
View ArticleThe Microeconomics of Poverty Since 2007
Available data shows clearly that benefits that help people in poverty undercut incentives for them to seek work, an economist writes.
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