Category Archives: Politics

Do We Need a New Jobs Deal?

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk The best picture we have of current and future job trends is the Labor Department’s JOLTS report (i.e., Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey). Calculated Risk’s colorful graph shows Job Openings (yellow line) hasn’t yet … Continue reading →

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Nobel Prize in Economics Breaks New Ground

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded Monday to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” It was ground-breaking for several reasons. Firstly, … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Economy Is Slowing!

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Late Monday, the U.S. blacklisted 28 Chinese companies because of their alleged role in human-rights violations against Muslim minorities ahead of the high-level discussions which will be led by China Vice Premier Liu He on Thursday. Bloomberg also … Continue reading →

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Lowest Unemployment Rate In 50 Years

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch The unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, and there are still 6 million jobs available. Private payrolls expanded by 114,000 after an upwardly revised 122,000 advance the prior month, according to a Labor Department report … Continue reading →

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Why Make America Small Again?

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly ResearchPew Why make America small again is the question Americans should be asking President Donald Trump whose immigration policies are designed to do just that. He would reduce immigration flows by 50 percent, if he and his … Continue reading →

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Where are World’s Most Livable Cities, and Why?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Noozhawk.com I first attended the Goleta Dam Dinner on its 10th anniversary in 2019 that was held at Lake Los Carneros on a dam built long before the City of Goleta, California was formed. It made me … Continue reading →

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Q2 GDP Growth Slowing—What Else?

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly BEA.gov The 2nd estimate of second quarter Real Gross Domestic Growth slowed to 2 percent, from 3.1 percent in January. It looks like GDP is slowing to the average rate that has prevailed since the end of … Continue reading →

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Budget Deficits With the Laffer Curve

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Wikipedia There is an economic theory of sorts that helps us to understand why our political parties can’t agree on how to grow an economy that benefits most Americans. It’s called the Laffer Curve, reputedly first drawn on … Continue reading →

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Will Corporations Become More Responsible?

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Tradingeconomics It is a sea change in economic thinking when corporate CEOs that belong to the Business Roundtable sign a Statement of Purpose to consider more than maximizing their profits, when maximizing corporate profits at the expense … Continue reading →

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United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call The day after last Thursday’s DOW Index plunged 800 points, President Trump Tweeted a request that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu block Congresswomen Ilhan Omer and Rashida Tlaib’s visit to Israel and the West Bank. His action … Continue reading →

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