Today on TAP: Now, the Federal Reserve should just leave well enough alone.
inflation
Posted inEconomic Policy
Death of an Economic Theory
The notion that public investment crowds out private spending has taken a beating lately.
Posted inEconomic Policy
It’s Hamiltonian! It’s Jeffersonian! It’s Bidenomics!
The president’s economic policies combine the best elements of our economic heritage.
Posted inPolitics
Can Democrats Sell ‘Bidenomics’?
The substance is there. But the sales apparatus isn’t yet.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How to Judge the New Industrial Policy
A focus solely on near-term GDP overlooks what’s being attempted.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Return to Rentiership
A new paper shows that rent-seeking by firms with dominant market positions has exploded since the 1980s.
Posted inTAP
Memo to Jay Powell: Quit While You Are Ahead
Today on TAP: The May inflation report was sublime. Time to start cutting interest rates.
Posted inTAP
Our Glacially Improving Economic Prospects
Today on TAP: Even if we can avert ill-advised budget concessions as part of a debt ceiling deal, it will take more radical policies to improve the life prospects of workaday Americans.
Posted inTAP
More Reasons for the Fed to Relent
Today on TAP: But don’t bet the farm on a saner monetary policy.
Posted inTAP
The Silver Lining in the Latest Bank Panic
Today on TAP: The run on regional bank stocks will bring tighter regulation and lower interest rates.
