I bet Chairman Powell didn’t expect to announce changes to the Fed’s statement of its long-run goals over a video conference from his home office when he was first appointed, but times are strange.
Category Archive: Economic Theory
The weakness of the economy is not a structural weakness, it is not that we are over inflating blue chip stocks, or shoveling weak mortgages. It is that we are at war with an enemy we cannot see.
What are the causes, effects, and possible ways of curtailing the gender disparity in economics?
In the data-driven world of today we find ourselves taking economic and scientific models for granted, without recognizing the hard work that goes behind their development nor questioning the assumptions and potential problems with them. However, the new COVID-19 pandemic gives us an opportunity to take a deep dive into the process of fabricating a model.
By Alper D. Karakas Technology is running and running quickly, but it does not seem to be giving […]
Oren Cass advocates for changing the underlying conditions so that the market can achieve more auspicious outcomes for working families.
A respected, influential labor economist leaves behind a legacy of influential research
Is Modern Monetary Theory a groundbreaking new economic theory or a false promise?
The U.S. Federal Reserve is on pause hiking interest rates. What does it all mean for commercial real estate property values, returns and capitalization rates?
When taking a closer look at sleep, there’s a lot going on underneath the mattress, both on the individual and market level.
