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How do members of Congress differ from the beef our nation imports? All bones have been removed from most beef, but congressional representatives have only lost their spines. Until this past week t…
about 1 month ago
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An Old Testament sage once said, “there is nothing new in the world.” Yet the Trump administration and that of Javier Milei in Argentina have really found something unique. It is the bailout …
about 1 month ago
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Economic news was incongruous this past week as three economists got Nobel prizes for their research on factors that determine how well economies grow over the long term just as President Donald Tr…
about 2 months ago
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The American economy is in a “very dynamic state right now” — a phrase we used in Vietnam for situations where no one knew what the hell was going on — and many people are r…
2 months ago
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Both Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Rep. Augustus Hawkins were raised in religious families. Yet when drafting their Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act in 1977, they forgot to apply Jesus’ war…
3 months ago
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Many economic sectors in our country will face difficult and turbulent times over the next several years. Agriculture faces a true crisis in a matter of months. Some problems that will be acute in …
3 months ago
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Real World Economics: Federal Reserve follies continue
3 months ago
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With Donald Trump’s outbursts amping up attention on the Federal Reserve and markets hanging with bated breath on what Chair Jerome Powell is going to do, arcane monetary policy has moved to center…
3 months ago
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture just released its key Aug. 1 forecast of corn production for 2025. It predicts a record harvest, up 13% from last year. This is good news for the overall economy …
4 months ago
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The week has been interesting. An early jobs indicator showed stronger growth in July than June. The first estimate of output in the April-to-June quarter showed an annual increase rate of 3.0%, up…
4 months ago
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Real World Economics: One lesson of war is its inequities
4 months ago