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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.

The Times Are Changing

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs DOL.gov “The Times They Are a Changin” was Bob Dylan’s song for the 1960’s. Change was happening because of the Vietnam War and civil rights era. That is nothing like the coming changes we will see in the … Continue reading →

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The Times Are Changing

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs DOL.gov “The Times They Are a Changin” was Bob Dylan’s song for the 1960’s. Change was happening because of the Vietnam War and civil rights era. That is nothing like the coming changes we will see in the … Continue reading →

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Government Was Never the Problem

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch.com President Reagan’s all-encompassing campaign slogan that “government is the problem” was never the problem. But competent governance has been a problem; in as much as incompetent leaders have been the problem dogging any degree of prosperity … Continue reading →

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The Coming Greater Depression?

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch.com Minnesota Fed Governor Neal Kashkari believes the COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t have to bring on another Great Depression. But it will still take some 18 months to recover, and only if Americans are able to cooperate in … Continue reading →

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The Coming Anxiety Pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Dryuz.com Americans’ confidence in their future is dropping substantially as they decide who to trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence what Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller has called the result of the loss of confidence—an anxiety pandemic. … Continue reading →

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The Coming Anxiety Pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Dryuz.com Americans’ confidence in their future is dropping substantially as they decide who to trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence what Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller has called the rise of its result—an anxiety pandemic. Dr. Shiller’s … Continue reading →

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Our Record Income Inequality Needs Fixing

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs FRED In an earlier column I imagined what could have been accomplished if the $2 trillion given to corporations in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had been put into upgrading our infrastructure, instead of given to … Continue reading →

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When Will Consumers Recover?

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly BEA.gov The key to a robust recovery will depend on how American consumers react to the novel coronavirus pandemic and business shutdown. We were slipping into a recession, anyway. COVID-19 just sped up the inevitable results of … Continue reading →

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How Do We Recover From This War—Part II?

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call MarketWatch “Every human society must justify its inequalities: unless reasons for them are found, the whole political and social edifice stands in danger of collapse, says economist Thomas Piketty in his latest book, “Capital and Ideology” … Continue reading →

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When Will Housing Recover?

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner CalculatedRiskBlog The housing market is also in a “medically induced coma” (economist Paul Krugman’s term), as is most of our economy. However, I believe housing will recover sooner than other parts of the economy, because Americans still … Continue reading →

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