Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Market and the Safety Net: Update

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The series below is an index of hours worked per person, seasonally adjusted.  I have also indicated two months when there were major change...
Friday, August 7, 2015

Business Experience Is No Cure-All in Government

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Because government and business are fundamentally different in their financing and their evaluation, good business practices can make for p...

Update on Employment per Capita

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through July. Below uses the same methodology I displayed in the past . The self-employed component is volatile ... it would be nice to ha...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Update on the employment rate

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through June. Below uses the same methodology I displayed in the past . The self-employed component is volatile ... it would be nice to ha...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Is Obamatrade the same as freer trade?

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The legal question du jour is whether Congress should allow special voting procedures (fast track) for international trade agreement agreeme...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Piketty's Feast

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Revealed preference speaks volumes. Admittedly, my hardcover version of Capital in the Twenty-First Century was delivered “for free” by the...
Friday, April 3, 2015

Update on self-employment and total employment

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Again the headlines (today: "below expectations") are different from the totals including self-employment. Below uses the same me...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Burtless: Two Economic Mistakes in One Sentence

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Brookings' Gary Burtless writes It seems odd that critics of the ACA emphasize the potentially adverse impacts of the law on workers fo...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Accurate quotation

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Today's House session. 11:11 through 12:35 from here
Friday, March 6, 2015

Fewer jobs in February?!

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The headline payroll employment was (seasonally adjusted) higher in February than in January. However, the headline does not include the se...