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Configuration Unemployment: Measuring Structural Problems in a Contemporary Economy

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“The fact that it has not disappeared from the planet, and could potentially return to countries like the U.S. under the right conditions,makes sector analysis as a measure of structural unemployment look more like the cyclical model” By Holly A. Bell In a recent article, Paul Krugman asked: “Is there any point to economic analysis?”. …

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California Should Be The Economic Model For America

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California Dreamin’ By Holly A. Bell A recent blog post by Michael provided 55 Reasons Why California Is The Worst State In America. Nonsense. California should be the model for the rest of the United States. Here are some reasons why: 1)    The adoption of Proposition 30 gave California the highest marginal state income tax …

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US Fiscal Moment: Cliff, Slope, or Wile E. Coyote?

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US Fiscal Moment: Cliff, Slope, or Wile E. Coyote? (via Market Shadows) Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here. The overhwelming majority of investors seem to believe that some compromise will be reached to resolve the looming fiscal drag, and as we noted here, this fact is more than priced into markets. As Barclays notes …

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Guest Article: Are You Seeing What I’m Seeing in the Economy?

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Are You Seeing What I’m Seeing? (via Market Shadows) Courtesy of Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform Is it just me, or are the signs of consumer collapse as clear as a Lowes parking lot on a Saturday afternoon? Sometimes I wonder if I’m just seeing the world through my pessimistic lens, skewing my point of …

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Incorporating the Rentier Sectors into a Financial Model

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Incorporating the Rentier Sectors into a Financial Model (via Market Shadows) Incorporating the Rentier Sectors into a Financial Model Courtesy of Michael Hudson By Dirk Bezemer and Michael Hudson As published in the World Economic Association’s World Economic Review Vol #1. ABSTRACT Current macroeconomics ignores the roles that rent, debt and the financial sector play in…

Sweden: The Supply-Side, Anti-Keyensian Approach To Economic Recovery

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Does Sweden Have The Right Model? By Holly A. Bell While the economies of the U.S. and most of Europe have continued to struggle under Keynesian style stimulus, Sweden has taken the opposite approach enacting supply side tax and spending cuts. The result? Over the last two years (2010 to 2011) Sweden’s real GDP growth …

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Guest Article: Should the U.S. Reset Economic Relations With Russia?

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Obama must reset relations with Russia along economic lines (via The Christian Science Monitor) By Frances G. Burwell and Svante Cornell posted April 4, 2012 at 8:55 am EDT Washington As Vladimir Putin prepares for his May inauguration and return to the Russian presidency, the United States must design a new relationship with this often …

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From Seeking Alpha: US Employment in Real English

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“There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the US employment situation over the past few months. The January data was particularly contentious, in part because that’s when the BLS, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, made its annual revisions to try to square its numbers with changes in the population. The BLS uses two different …

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