No More Shortage of Labor Than of Diamonds
It is an interesting phenomenon that a first-rate financial newspaper can, without adding a big smiley, run a major title...
Labor Market
Cecilia Rouse on Biden Economic Policy, Part III
This is my final post on Cecilia Rouse’s talk last Thursday on Biden’s Economic policies. Part I is here and...
Cecilia Rouse on Biden Economic Policy, Part II
Yesterday I posted on the Zoom talk that Biden CEA chair Cecilia Rouse gave to a Stanford audience last Thursday....
Cecilia Rouse on Biden Economic Policy, Part I
Last Thursday, Cecilia Rouse, chair of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, gave a Zoom talk to the Stanford Institute...
The Intricate Economic Effects of Apartheid
Someone named Shaun King has claimed that Elon Musk was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist. The claim is...
Understating Progress: Economic Report of the President on Falling Poverty
The 2022 Economic Report of the President is finally out. It was released on April 14, the latest ever. Here’s...
Starbucks Vs. a Woke Brigade?
The battle between Starbucks and Workers United trying to barge in may not be sufficient to persuade the company and...
Rhoads on Unemployed Men
One issue that I didn’t have room to cover in “A Wide-Ranging Book for Non-Economists and Economists,” Regulation, Spring 2022, my...
The Work of the One Percent
and of many others who are not in the top one percent. I just finished being discussion leader of a...
COVID Paycheck Protection Program: Promises Not Kept
One of the U.S. government’s most popular recent programs is the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP. Congress authorized $800 billion...
