]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/deficit Blog Articles Tagged with 'deficit' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/154251?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit More and more I have been asked why we should allow immigration when there is so much domestic unemployment. It's a hard question to answer, more so when you are talking to someone who is looking for a job and having a hard time finding one. Similarl... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/154251?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:44:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/154346?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Doug Kass wrote up his list of 20 surprises in 2009 for theStreet.com. Included in the list is the following;11. State and municipal imbalances and deficits mushroom. The municipal bond market seizes up in the face of poor fiscal management, revenue ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/154346?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/154255?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Stan Collender rebuts Martin Feldstein's call to use increased defense spending as a stimulus measure:Disagreeing With Martin Feldstein On Defense Spending, by Stan Collender[Creative Commons]: As Isaid about a month ago, its not always smart to disa... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/154255?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/153610?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit We know that excessive risk taking was a factor in the financial crisis, but why people were willing to take on excessive risk? There are several explanations for this. In one class of models, misperception of risk generates excessive demand for risk... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/153610?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:08:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/153624?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Jacob Hacker argues that health care reform should be part of the stimulus package:A Healthy Economy Medicine is the best stimulus, by Jacob S. Hacker, The New Republic: As we move deeper into the recession, most economists are urging President-elect... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/153624?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:17:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/153631?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit It may take a lot longer than many people think for the economy to be ready to stand on its own:Life Without Bubbles, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Whatever the new administration does, we're in for months, perhaps even a year, of economic h... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/153631?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152154?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Despite insisting they would do no such thing, it appears that the administration is going to use TARP funds to help automakers:White House and TARP to the Rescue -- of Automakers, but not of States and Locales, by Robert Reich: What now for the auto... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152154?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:08:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152156?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Senate Abandons Auto Bailout Bid - NYTimes.com More CRA Idiocy - The Big Picture Fourth-Quarter GDP: Worse and Worse - Real Time Economics Fundamentals at odds? The current account deficit and the dollar - voxeu.org An Historian on British History - ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152156?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152158?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit I still don't get the sense that legislators appreciate the lags in the policy process and hence the urgency to get something done now:Nosedive, by Paul Krugman: Another day, another terrifying economic report, this time on unemployment claims. So ar... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152158?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:44:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/152253?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit I have an op-ed in today's Age, highlighting the Ricardian and open economy macro arguments against using fiscal policy for demand management:From the perspective of national saving, it makes no difference whether an increase in government spending c... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/152253?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:10:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151492?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit In Britain in 1818, a large decline in agricultural prices led to the severe depression of 1819, and the high levels of unemployment that followed led to general social unrest:In August of that year, thousands of workers had demonstrated in the stree... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151492?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151493?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit This description of crowding-out and crowding-in, and why crowding-in is likely to dominate in recessions, is from Baumol and Blinder's principles text, Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy. The idea is that investment is a negative function of the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151493?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:07:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151495?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Joseph Stiglitz: Getting bang for your buck, by Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate/Comment is Free: ...For those of us who always claimed some connection to the Keynesian tradition, this is a moment of triumph, after having been left in the wildernes... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151495?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:39:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151496?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Bruce Bartlett explains why a stimulus package is needed, and why it must involve government purchases of goods and services:What Would Keynes Do?, by Bruce Bartlett, Forbes: Every day that goes by makes clearer the parallels between the current fina... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151496?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:07:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151502?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Tim Duy does his best to shoot down the trial balloon Treasury floated yesterday:Potentially Very Bad Policy, by Tim Duy: Incoming data confirms that the economy slid into the heart of the recession in the fourth quarter. The ISM nonmanufacturing rep... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151502?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151506?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Jamie Galbraith responds to the question posed by the National Journal, Is the deficit a threat to future recovery? James K. Galbraith, National Journal: No. The question is grossly misconceived. Right now and for the immediate future, the budget ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/151506?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:24:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/150927?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit From Inkstain:Dan Yurman calculates the jobs he thinks would be created by expanding the federal loan guarantees for nuclear power:The Federal loan guarantee program for construction of nuclear power plants, set by Congress at $18.5 billion, could if... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/150927?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:09:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150889?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit I've been arguing that government spending is preferable to tax cuts as a means of stimulating the economy. Via an email from Bob Hall, anargument against that position from a paper described below:General StimulusCurrent forecasts have real GDP reac... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150889?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150891?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Synchronized Recession, Synchronized Stimulus? - EconbrowserThe Fed is confusing me - Paul KrugmanBank Recapitalization Options and Recommendation - The Baseline ScenarioGovernment by Contractor Is a Disgrace - WSJ.comMenu design tricks to get you to... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150891?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150897?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Does Christina Romer believe fiscal policy won't work to cure a recession? (No, she doesn't):Dueling outlooks, Free Exchange: ...At the heart of depression economics, [Paul] Krugmanhas said, is the collapse of policy certainties . Or as he put in in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150897?rsstype=tag&tag=deficit Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:09:00 -0500