The Housing Bubble and the Lesser Depression: Either the Very Sharp Dean Baker or I Am Hopelessly ConfusedOver at Equitable Growth: And, of course, I think that it is him…
Morning Must-Read: Dean Baker: The Housing Bubble and the Financial Crisis #25,452: “If we look at the economy after the financial markets had stabilized (2011 or 2012, pick your year) and ask what component of GDP would be higher if we did not have the financial crisis…
Monday DeLong Smackdown: Dean Baker: Question for Brad DeLong and the Debt School…As I have said (often), I am on Mian and Sufi’s side of this argument. But Dean Baker is not without points on his side: “What would our saving rate be if we didn’t have [a] debt [overhang…
Thinking About TPP and TATIP:Over at Equitable Growth The advocates for the TPP and TATIP should be making the following points:The gains from trade from these agreements will be equitably distributed as a result of policies X.The stronger copyright…
Dean Baker on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: DeLong Smackdown WatchI score this narrowly for DeLong, but in this I am the East German judge…