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About Popular Economics Weekly

Harlan Green is editor/publisher of PopularEconomics.com, and content provider of 3 weekly columns to various blogs--Popular Economics Weekly, Financial FAQs and the Mortgage Corner.

Productivity Soaring–Where Are the Jobs?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs In spite of Mideast unrest (when was it restful?), and the massive snow job hitting most of the U.S. (the biggest storm of the century?) the output of goods and services continues to improve. Businesses through the fourth … Continue reading →

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How Do We Boost Economic Growth?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly There is a tremendous misunderstanding of how to boost economic growth, and this is hurting the recovery. Conservative politicians want to cut taxes and government services, while progressives want to use government to boost growth. Yet it … Continue reading →

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Which Deficit is Most Important?

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly All the talk of budget deficits really focuses on the wrong deficit. It is the output deficit of goods and services lost because of the Great Recession that is most important, not the state and federal budget … Continue reading →

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Is The Great Stimulus Debate Over?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The stimulus debate over what form government aid should take to the recovery is only over for the moment. The headlines tell us both the rich and poorer among us will receive various tax breaks under the Democratic-Republican … Continue reading →

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Redistributing Great Wealth (is) The Path to Recovery

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly We are in the deepest economic malaise since the Great Depression. And there is a good reason for it. We also have the greatest maldistribution of wealth since 1928. Researchers are finding that the two—the greatest inequality … Continue reading →

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Why Such a Mortgage Mess?

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner What is causing the mortgage ‘mess’ to continue, in this case the controversy over ownership of mortgages that is embroiling Wall St. and Washington? Much of it is exaggerated by the media and attorneys for the plaintiffs … Continue reading →

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The Fed Has Two Mandates—Growth + Price Stability

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Why has there been so much debate over the Fed’s monetary policy of so-called Quantitative Easing? The simplest answer is that it pits those countries and ideologies that see the world as a zero-sum game—the I Win, You … Continue reading →

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QE2 Will Stimulate Economic Growth

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly In a bid to stimulate banks to lend more by increasing their reserves, the Federal Reserve announced QE2 (Quantitative Easing 2). It will be buying up to $600 billion in Treasury securities from banks who hold them. … Continue reading →

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Rock Bottom Mortgage Rates Increase Sales

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs It seems that the lowest mortgage rates since the 1950s are making a difference. New-home sales rose 6 percent and existing-home sales increased 10 percent in September, “affirming that a sales recovery has begun”, said the National Association … Continue reading →

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Zero Inflation Won’t Help Economy Grow

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in his most recent speech said that more Quantitative Easing may be necessary, in order to comply with the Fed’s longer-run sustainable rate of unemployment and the mandate-consistent inflation rate. The longer-run sustainable rate … Continue reading →

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