Category Archives: Politics

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 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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How Do We Recover From This War?

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering the Kennedys’ Call Equitable Growth Robert Hormat, a former ambassador and national security advisor in three administrations, has warned in a recent article that we are already fighting a Third World War. “This is not a confrontation of countries … Continue reading →

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“It’s Not About Me…”

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly FRED New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is sounding like President Roosevelt when he intones, “It’s not about me, it’s about we.” in his morning COVID-19 press conferences. President Roosevelt most famously said, “The only thing we have … Continue reading →

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Collaboration vs. Confrontation—Who Wins?

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs theverge.com Is the era of trickle-down economics, of Reagonomics that saw so much wealth redistributed to the top 1 percent, finally ending? Yes, if we want to really ‘cure’ the pandemic decimating the U.S. and world economies, because … Continue reading →

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When Will it End?

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly COVID-19 Tracking Project/Calculated Risk When will the pandemic end and recovery begin, is the question asked of every expert and non-expert.  Foremost of the experts is former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen who in a recent CNBC … Continue reading →

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