Hints and tips:
...Mr Trump followed his daughter’s flattery of his leadership with praise for her “devotion to the American workers”. The assembled CEOs — Mr Apple included — also took that in their stride....
...Yet as Bradford DeLong of the University of California at Berkeley points out in a recent piece on Project Syndicate, this is plain wrong....
...The economist Brad DeLong wrote: “The right way to view this appointment is, I think, as if Donald Trump were to name William Shatner to command the Navy’s 7th Fleet.”...
...But might Mr Trump’s instincts as a dealmaker be stronger than his protectionist ones? 2....
...Elsewhere on Wednesday, – Shkreli trial update from the NYT: Federal prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing Mr. Shkreli’s fraud trial to issue a rule of silence, arguing that Mr....
...– DeLong vs Noahpinion on labour’s falling share of GDP. And Dean Baker suggests we “look at the labor share of net domestic product....
...” – DeLong: Rethinking productivity growth. – The limits of knowledge and what economists know. – The Fed’s favourite inflation predictors aren’t very predictive....
...It is hard to understand DeLong’s use of Germany as a counterexample....
...As the economist Brad DeLong pointed out in a recent essay, that is true in Germany, too, which has seen a fall in factory employment almost as sharp as in the US (the same holds for Japan)....
...- DeLong’s musings on productivity. - Noise: How to overcome the high, hidden cost of inconsistent decision making....
...Bradford DeLong of Berkeley concludes that it is quite modest....
...Mr Williams’s comments on monetary policy have generated more interest....
...Mr Gross is offering investment advice rather than a coherent economic vision, however, so his worry (underlined) is the effect of negative interest rates....
...Brad DeLong's conclusion: the robot threat is one for the 50-year agenda rather than the two- or 10-year ones....
...Ms Yellen (along with some others selected by Mr Clinton) helped to open the place up. Ideally, I would ask for more....
...Related links: Domo arigato Mr Roboto! – Brad DeLong The history of the robot future’s future history – FT Alphaville...
...FURTHER FURTHER READING - Brad DeLong on macro’s faustian bargain. - Go west, bank bro. And Kevin Roose discusses his new book about young Wall Streeters....
...Mr Jonathan Reiss...
...From Mr Jonathan Reiss. Sir, Bradford DeLong’s article “Why Obama should pick Summers to lead the Fed” (Comment, August 2) actually makes the case against Lawrence Summers....
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Bubbles as a deflationary escape chute: Izzy agrees with Brad Delong that raising the inflation rate to 5 per cent will not be enough to overcome secular stagnation...
...From Mr Richard Schreuder....
...Mr Draghi went out of his way to differentiate between these two different states of the economy last week....
...From Mr Paul Justison....
...If Mr Obama does worry about gender – at least a little – in his decision, he might consider that picking Mr Summers would leave the Fed almost essentially devoid of female leaders, especially if Ms Yellen...
...- Brad DeLong’s lecture notes on unknown unknowns. - Beijing signals a shift on economic policy. - If Obama went Bulworth, here is what he’d say....
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