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Obamacare Enrollment Heads For 17 Million
Charles Gaba, who has become the “Nate Silver” for Obamacare enrollment numbers; now predicts that by April 15, 17 million Americans will have purchased their own healthcare coverage.
What The Supreme Court Is Suggesting About The Outcome Of The Hobby Lobby Controversy
What the Supreme Court’s refusal today to suggest that it will strike down the federal statute that bars corporations from making contributions directly to candidates and political parties might suggest about the outcome of Hobby Lobby.
Larry Summers’ Inverse Say’s Law Sheds Light On Lack Of Effective Demand…
By way of Mark Thoma, there is a new video of Larry Summers talking about Inverse Say’s Law. It is a wonderful video and one that could wake up economists about Effective Demand. His idea of Inverse Say’s Law is that “lack of demand creates overtime lack of supply”, a situation when weak Effective Demand leads to higher unemployment and lower utilization of capital capacity.
Thinking About Piketty’s “Capital”
he quotes in this post’s subject line are very much intended as a double entendre. I’m of course referring to the title of Piketty’s book (which I’ve read about 80% of, jumping around). But even more, I’m talking about his definition of “capital.”
No, Mr. Kleiner, John Roberts Showed That He Knows Perfectly Well How Money Works In Politics
An article by Sam Kleiner posted yesterday on the New Republic’s website is titled “John Roberts shows he has no idea how money works in politics.” But Kleiner is all wrong.
What Is Seth Klarman Seeing?
Seth Klarman’s work is to take money from clients and invest it. Yet, he made news recently by returning some $4 billion back to his clients. He did not want to invest their money. Why would he do such a thing when it is his job to invest money?
Overhead Allocation Vs.Theft
I was reading Dean Baker’s excellent post today on high speed trading. My initial reaction was that this was simply theft, high frequency traders supply absolutely no value to anyone but reduce the gains made by legitimate traders.
Obamacare Enrollment Hits 7 Million, Putting Downward Pressure On 2015 Premiums; Word-Of-Mouth Spreads The Truth
As the “train wreck” called Obamacare pulls into the station it’s becoming clear that some 7 million Americans are signing up to purchase insurance in the Exchanges.
The IMF And Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund last week announced an agreement with Ukraine on a two year Stand-By Arrangement. The amount of money to be disbursed depends on how much other financial support the country will receive, but will be total at least $14 billion.
Seattle University Symposium On Inequality, Nick Hanauer
The symposium included a discussion regarding raising the minimum wage to $15. Mr. Hanauer, being an honest to goodness real billionaire talked about what that would mean for his situation.
Higher Global Unemployment Is The Result Of Lower Global Labor Share… Thanks Michael Pettis
There is so much to reflect upon with Michael Pettis’ new post, Economic Consequences of Income Inequality. I have been in total agreement with the way he looks at income inequality. Yet, he said some things that surprised me… things I hadn’t realized.
Institutionalist Economics Did Not Come Up Short
I am confused about something Paul Krugman wrote today in his post Dare to be Silly. What he wrote seems… silly.
Silver Vs Academic Election Forecasters
I think this is a serious effort worthy of publication in a top political science journal (not that anyone asked me). Silver attempted to find all election forecasts in a well defined population (there is a long boring definition in the post) and see how they performed.
The OTHER Big ACA Case Being Argued Today (Albeit Not At The Supreme Court) Concerns The Statute’s Alleged Disestablishment Clause
And to think that so many people think the big Obamacare cases to be argued in a federal court today are the contraceptive-mandate ones
Down With R!... Up With The Fed Rate!... Yells A Protestor.
Paul Krugman summarizes this future using Piketty’s term, Patrimonial Capitalism, where inherited wealth gains economic power and where hard work returns less money than inheritance.
What To Look For In Tomorrow’s Supreme Court Arguments In The Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood ACA-contraception-coverage Cases
“Incorporation’s basic purpose is to create a legally distinct entity, with legal rights, obligations, powers, and privileges different from those of the natural individuals who created it, who own it, or whom it employs.”
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