Supply and Demand (in that order)

By adding significantly to benefits for unemployed people without commensurate additions to the incomes of workers, the 2009 American Reinve...

EVENT TOMORROW: American Action Forum Event Will Examine Stimulus Spending Effects on Welfare Efficacy ...

In the next several days I will be reviewing the page proofs of my forthcoming book The Redistribution Recession . You can pre-order a h...

Professor Sauer at thesportseconomist.com sent me this , which he found at Stefan Karlsson's blog : “In Sweden, the centre-right govern...

Dr. Feroli at JPMorgan: extended benefits account for 1.5 percentage points of the current unemployment rate Professor Robert Shimer: all ...

Copyright, The New York Times Company Unemployment benefits provide a small amount of help to a number of people who desperately need it. Bu...

Last year I was told that "incentives do not matter" is a "straw man." -- that nobody actually believes this, so that my...

Suppose that the federal government gives $ to the states in a way that give states incentives to match the federal spending with more of th...

Another part of the "Stimulus" law spends $21 billion increasing food stamp spending. It is well known that the food stamp program...

The "Stimulus" law's single most expensive provision was "Making Work Pay". It is a $400 tax credit to persons with ...