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Where Are the Jobs?

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in November (+64,000) and has shown little net change since April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In November, the unemployment rate, at 4.6 percent, was little changed from September. … Continue reading →

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Trump Copies Putinism

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “Russian mathematician and Putin critic Andrey Piontkovsky characterized Putinism as “the highest and final stage of bandit capitalism in Russia; and also as a war, ‘consolidation’ of the nation on the ground of hatred against some ethnic group, … Continue reading →

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Who Won the Shutdown?

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “What if conservatives succeeded in repealing Obamacare? “Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill would leave 17 million more people uninsured next year, and 32 million more in 2026, the Congressional Budget Office said in an estimate Wednesday. It also said premiums would … Continue reading →

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Why Make America Weak?

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror … Continue reading →

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The Truth About High Tariff’s

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens: markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs.” President … Continue reading →

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Whose Inflation Is It?

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Still, despite multiple offsetting drivers, the tariff shock is further dimming already lackluster growth prospects. We expect a slowdown in the second half of this year, with only a partial recovery in 2026, and, compared to last October’s … Continue reading →

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A Different Federal Reserve

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs “Warsh would chart a new course that de-emphasizes the inflationary impact of factors such as supply chains and tariffs in favor of a views of inflation driven by government spending and the money supply.” Barron’s Graph: Last Tech … Continue reading →

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Make America More Equal Again!

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Piketty-Saez I have a suggestion for a campaign motto I first wrote about in a 2017 Huffington Post piece that could give a boost to VP Harris’s presidential campaign. Instead of Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again.” … Continue reading →

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