Hey, What’d I Miss? OTE Summary, 7/2 – 7/8

July 8th, 2013 at 11:49 am

Previewing the June employment report and outlining some first impressions of the jobs numbers.
OTE programming note: crossing the pond for a talk on fiscal policy — light posting this week, depending on time and wireless and jet lag.
Explaining that the Affordable Care Act and job creation have little to do with each other.
Pointing to my take on delaying Obamacare’s employer mandate over at the NYT Economix blog.
Describing benefits of the safety net that go well beyond the business cycle.
Noting that a “blank slate” approach to tax reform could fall prey to the tax reform trap.
Laying out the eleventh and twelfth editions of Sequester Watch: those who forget about sequestration are doomed to repeat it…
A dispatch from Europe re austerity and ideology.