Supply and Demand (in that order)

Copyright, The New York Times Company The combination of housing market events and the profit motive of mortgage lenders turned trillions of...

Professor Krugman is reiterating his claim that "income security" programs grew solely because of the recession. He is incorrect...

Copyright, The New York Times Company Despite the severe recession, relatively few people saw their living standards fall into poverty, than...

Copyright, The New York Times Company The Department of Agriculture’s food stamp program , now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistanc...

Copyright, The New York Times Company It’s commonly assumed that unemployed people not receiving unemployment benefits have been unlucky eno...

Copyright, The New York Times Company Government spending on unemployment insurance has soared, and it’s hard to imagine the program ever sh...

Copyright, The New York Times Company By most measures, the former dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi looks to have been overpaid, even as dictato...

On Wednesday I compared the household survey to the time dairy. Below are three more series, from the establishment survey. The HOABS serie...

Copyright, The New York Times Company As employers have sharply cut back employment since 2007, at least one survey asserted that existing ...

Copyright, The New York Times Company In many industries, sharp employment cuts during the recession cannot be attributed to a lack of deman...