Category Archives: Keynesian economics

Laffernomics and Tomorrow’s GDP Estimate

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The decline of so-called Laffernomics, an economic theory first proposed by conservative economist Arthur Laffer in 1974, posited in so many words that lower tax rates of the wealthiest, in particular, would increase overall tax revenues as well … Continue reading →

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Part II—What’s Wrong With Capitalism?

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and Presidential candidate, said to NBC’s Chuck Todd, “of course I’m a capitalist and America is a capitalist society, but it’s got to be democratic capitalism,” per the NYTimes’ Michael Tomasky. … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Capitalism?

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Winston Churchill once said, “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to … Continue reading →

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Ignore the Bad News-Goldilocks Is Back!

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Why has the Fed stopped raising their interest rates? Because this is the lowest inflation rate for ‘core’ consumption expenditures in three decades, as this FRED graph from 1980 onward portrays. fred stlouisfed.org. “We are almost 10 years … Continue reading →

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This Is Not a Recession!

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs fred stlouisfed.org. There is no ‘looming’ recession about to happen, in spite of the warnings from pundits; none of whom are reputable economists to date. For instance, Trump’s new pick for the Federal Reserve Board is not a … Continue reading →

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Why the Record 2018 Trade Deficit?

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs BEA.gov The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $59.8 billion in December, up $9.5 billion from $50.3 billion in November, revised. This was not good … Continue reading →

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Can US Service Sector Boom Reduce Our Deficits?

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Econoday.com All 18 non-manufacturing industries reported growth in February, according to the ISM’s non-manufacturing index, which gives a monthly overview of service sector activity. This is huge and says the service sector that makes up two-thirds of … Continue reading →

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Q4 Real GDP Growth Still Good

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly BEA.gov Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 (table 1), according to the “initial” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third … Continue reading →

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Why the Record Low Interest Rates?

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

The Mortgage Corner fred.stlouisfed.org The 30-year fixed rate conforming mortgage rate fell to a 1-year low, according to Freddie Mac, the GSE still in government conservatorship, and major purchaser of conforming conventional mortgages. The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 4.35 percent in … Continue reading →

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What If No Brexit Deal?

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Equalitytrust.org We know why the UK voted to exit the EU—UK working class anger at not gaining many of the benefits from joining the EU, while experiencing its downside with the influx of eastern EU citizens that … Continue reading →

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