Category Archives: Keynesian economics

It’s Not About Obamacare!

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We know the federal government’s shutdown isn’t really about Obamacare. We know this because Tea Party Republicans have been trying to shut down government since the 2010 election, as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and others have pointed out. The … Continue reading →

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Debt Ceiling, Obamacare Debates Will Boost Government’s Role

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Tea Party Republicans apparently aren’t aware of the damage they inflict on their own party and constituents in attempting to shut down the federal government, if Obamacare isn’t delayed or repealed. For a shutdown will prove once … Continue reading →

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What is a Real Minimum Wage?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The debate on how to boost this economic recovery has now shifted to the federal minimum wage standard, now at $7.25 percent per hour. This is in part because the latest Census Bureau report shows 46.5 million Americans … Continue reading →

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Bad Jobs Report, Another New Deal Needed

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We now know why this economic recovery has been so weak 4 years after the end of the Great Recession. The government has been taken out of the jobs market. Government spending has been cut, rather than increased … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Worried About Economic Injustice

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Martin Luther King said the basis of disparities between the races had as much to do with income inequality as outright racism in his book, Why We Can’t Wait.  “Many white Americans of good will have never … Continue reading →

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What’s The Fed To Do?

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Why the debate over who should be the next Federal Reserve Chairman? There is a tug of war going on between inflation ‘doves’ and ‘hawks’ within the Fed. The debate is whether inflation is or will be … Continue reading →

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QE3 Works, So Please Don’t Mess With It!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Dear Federal Reserve Governors; Please don’t mess with QE3 just yet! Not in September, or even December. There are still too many reasons not to begin to taper the $85 billion per month in purchases that have kept … Continue reading →

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Managing Expectations—The Fed’s Two-Edged Sword

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It does look like the results of Fed Chairman Bernanke’s push for greater transparency in Federal Reserve policy deliberations are coming home to roost. Stock and bond prices have been whipsawed since Bernanke made the seemingly offhand … Continue reading →

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Managing Fed’s Expectations—Why Austerity Now?

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly It seems that Ben Bernanke’s Federal Reserve has lost its nerve. Last week’s FOMC meeting confirmed that its Open Market Committee has decided to end the monthly QE3 security purchases sooner rather than later. We already see … Continue reading →

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Economic Growth Stronger Than Predictions?

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly There are signs that economists have underestimated GDP growth this year. The New York Times surveyed economists in a recent Sunday front page article, that said growth could increase to 3 percent from the 2 percent norm … Continue reading →

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