Hey, What’d I Miss? OTE Summary, 1/29 – 2/4
Feb 04, 2013 at 4:12 pm
- Analyzing the January jobs report, and rounding up some good (and not so good) analysis of the data.
- Showing that a college degree doesn’t inoculate you from the challenges of today’s job market.
- Considering the argument that the Federal Reserve could do more than they’re already doing to stimulate growth.
- Thinking about state (income, corporate, and sales) taxation.
- Noting that deficit crisis mode is both unwise and unnecessary.
- Explaining the negative GDP report: austerity at time when we need a fiscal push is a useful reminder that it’s not nature that has us stuck in this slog, it’s policy.
- Looking into the economics of immigration: comparing near- and long-term effects.
Bonus: calling all tech geeks for laptop recommendations.
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Jared Bernstein’s areas of expertise include federal and state economic and fiscal policies, income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, international comparisons, and the analysis of financial and housing markets.
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Business Insider now reporting that Cantor will give a policy speech Tues, emphasizing ‘what government can do’.
http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-cantor-aei-speech-republicans-conservatives-2013-2
Something about ‘leopards’ and ‘spots’ come to mind, but this does appear to be a rhetorical shift.
Dis I gotta see.