Around The Dial – September 29
Economic policy reports, blog postings, and media stories of interest:
- President Obama discusses the economy and more with Rolling Stone.
- The Washington Independent reports on Food Stamp cuts.
- Martin Wolf warns against “beggar-my-neighbor” currency policies.
- The News & Observer wonders if RTP is “a technology backwater.”
- Rortybomb explains why Bill Clinton is wrong.
30 Years Of Inequality
The PBS NewsHour discusses 30 years of rising income inequality.
The Housing Bubble’s Aftermath
In the video segment below, political scientist Tom Ferguson of the University of Massachusetts-Boston explains the toll that the housing bubble and financial crisis has exacted from cities like Baltimore.
Around The Dial – September 28
Economic policy reports, blog postings, and media stories of interest:
- Paul Krugman takes on the structural unemployment argument.
- Economix notes the obvious.
- News 14 Carolina reports on the state’s community colleges.
- Naked Capitalism looks at how central banks think about savers.
Food For Thought
This is what you need to know: important people have no special monopoly on wisdom; and in times like these, when the usual rules of economics don’t apply, they’re often deeply foolish, because the power of conventional wisdom prevents them from talking sense about a deeply unconventional situation.
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