Which Spending Is Easier To Cut And By What Level Of Government?
by Professor Barkley Rosser Reposted from Econospeak with permission from the author Which Spending Is Easier To Cut And By What Level Of Government? Back from his break, our former co-blogger, Dean...
View ArticleReport From Rio…Barkley Rosser
by Barkley Rosserre-posted from Econospeak with the authors permission Will A Thousand CEOs Save The Planet? Report From Rio Just back from presenting paper at International Society for Ecological...
View ArticleThe Cut Social Security Gang
Barkley Rosser at Econospeak opines on: Bill Keller Joins The Cut Social Security Gang In today’s New York Times, former editor Bill Keller has an especially obnoxious column about baby boomer...
View ArticleWhat is remembrance for?
I am just catching up with some of the news this week. Barkley Rosser at Econospeak had a timely post on 9/11 ceremonies and reminds us about what we accept as special or inevitably normal: Things More...
View ArticleCan Borrowing From Abroad Avoid The Debt Ceiling?
Barkley Rosser at Econospeak points us to a portion of the nature of debt and borrowing, federal debt, and financing: Can Borrowing From Abroad Avoid The Debt Ceiling? No, but Allan Sloan in the...
View Article"The young will pay more and get less." More Nonsense from Robert Samuelson
by Barkley Rosser from Econospeak “The young will pay more and get less.” More Nonsense from Robert Samuelson Our old friend, Dean Baker at Beat the Press, does a good job of taking apart yet another...
View ArticleNorquist and LaPierre: Emperors Losing Their Clothes?
Barkley Rosser at Econospeak offers his take on the current political situation and two players. (re-posted with permission from author) Norquist and LaPierre: Emperors Losing Their Clothes? Two...
View ArticleOnly 6% Of Public Knows Deficit Is Declining
Prof Barkley Rosser at Econospeak also asks questions on the freaking out over the fiscal deficit numbers: Only 6% Of Public Knows Deficit Is Declining Yes, here we go again, massive public ignorance...
View ArticleBarkley Rosser’s Review of Behavioral Economics (ROBE) Website Goes Live
Review of Behavioral Economics (ROBE) Website Goes Live Amazingly enough, today on my 65th birthday, the website of the new journal that I am Editor-in-Chief of, the Review of Behavioral Economics...
View ArticleWhy Are We Rushing To Get Rid Of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
by Barkley Rosser via Econospeak (reposted with authors permission) Why Are We Rushing To Get Rid Of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? “How many Virginians does it take to change a light bulb? Five: One to...
View ArticleVSPs Get Their Way With Budget Deal: Social Security Benefits Are Cut
by Barkley Rosser (Econospeak) VSPs Get Their Way With Budget Deal: Social Security Benefits Are Cut All the Very Serious People are jumping up and down and cheering. We have a budget deal in the...
View ArticleGas All Boomers" Or At Least Tax And Cut Their Benefits More Says WaPo
by Barkley Rosser “Gas All Boomers” Or At Least Tax And Cut Their Benefits More Says WaPo No, nobody in today’s Washington Post Outlook section devoted to the boomers said that first line, although...
View ArticleThe Revenge Of Joan Robinson: Capital Theory Controversies Revive
by Barkley Rosser The Revenge Of Joan Robinson: Capital Theory Controversies Revive It is easy to argue about what is the most important or influential thing that the late Joan Robinson did in...
View ArticleRemembering the Carter-Reagan Race
Barkley Rosser made an interesting comment on one of the threads which is worthy of a separate posting. He is pointing out similarities between Trump and Reagan in saying whatever they want to say,...
View ArticleMy response to Run’s and Barkley Rosser’s analogies to the 1980 election
Run’s post here discusses and elaborates on a comment by Barkley Rosser in the Comments thread to this post of mine. I posted the following reply to Barkley’s comment, and reposted that comment as a...
View ArticleShould The Complacent Class Be Called The Fearful Class?
by Barkley Rosser (originally from Econospeak) Should The Complacent Class Be Called The Fearful Class? Tyler Cowen has published his most successful book yet, The Complacent Class, now on the...
View ArticleCould Incompetence Lead To Reelection?
by Barkley Rosser (originally published at Econospeak) Could Incompetence Lead To Reelection? I know, I know, it is way too early to talk about the presidential election of 2020, so maybe this is...
View ArticleItaly And The Future Of The European Union
by Barkley Rosser (Barkley Rosser is now a contributor to Angry Bear) Italy And The Future Of The European Union Given that Trumpfreak may guarantee relatively pro-EU politicians winning in France...
View ArticleIs Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Right About The Impact Of The Dollar On US Trade?
Is Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Right About The Impact Of The Dollar On US Trade? Maybe yes. In Davos some days ago Treasury Secretary Mnuchin declared that a lower valued dollar would lead to a lower US...
View ArticleUS Policy On Iran After The Midterm Elections
A curious coincidence is that the US midterm elections happened one day after the US reimposed its second round of illegal economic sanctions on Iran, with the focus on oil, shipping, and banking,...
View ArticleIs Trump Going To Attempt A Coup?
Barkley Rosser, Econospeak Blog, “Is Trump Going To Attempt A Coup?“ I realize that Joe Biden just held a press conference where he basically dismissed the refusal of Trump and a lot of other...
View ArticleOn The Centennial Of The Chinese Communist Party
On The Centennial Of The Chinese Communist Party, EconoSpeak, Barkley Rosser July 1, 2021 is now over in China but for a few more moments it is still the centennial of the CCP where I am. Just a...
View ArticleBungling the Debt Ceiling
“Bungling The Debt Ceiling,” EconoSpeak, Barkley Rosser It looks like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is bungling the matter of raising (or suspending) the debt ceiling, coming due in mid-October supposedly....
View ArticleWill Krysten Sinema Change Parties?
EconoSpeak: Will Krysten Sinema Change Parties?, Barkley Rosser, October 5, 2021 I have resisted posting something like this, but while I have yet to see anybody else suggest it, this possibility has...
View ArticleVirginia 2021 Election Going To Look More Like 1980, 1994, 2010 Or None Of...
Is Virginia 2021 Election Going To Look More Like 1980, 1994, 2010 Or None Of The Above?, Econospeak, Barkley Rosser, October 26, 2021 In Virginia there is an election for governor, lieutenant...
View ArticleWhat Is the Worst Part of the Current Inflation?
What Is The Worst Part Of The Current Inflation In the US we may have seen the peak of overall inflation, with the annualized CPI rate increasing at 8.3% in April, down from 8.5% in March, the highest...
View ArticleJust How Bad Is Biden’s Trip To Saudi Arabia?
Just How Bad Is Biden’s Trip To Saudi Arabia?, Econospeak by Barkley Rosser Yes, I posted on this awhile ago, but at that time it was a maybe. Now he is in the air on his way, although, of course, to...
View ArticleWill The Iran Nuclear Deal Ever Get Reestablished?
“Will The Iran Nuclear Deal Ever Get Reestablished?,” Econospeak It (Iran Nuclear Deal) keeps looking like it might, but then no obstacles have appeared yet. President Biden promised to undo what I...
View ArticleWhat Is The Bielefeld School Of Economics?
What Is The Bielefeld School Of Economics? by Barkley Rosser @ Econospeak This piece is about a paper I have just written for a special issue to appear in a journal I used to edit about the late...
View ArticleBarkley . . .
Dan Crawford: The passing of Barkley Rosser is terribly sad news. Angry Bear has had connection to Barkley since 2006 at least. He was also instrumental for helping Bruce Webb and the topic of Social...
View ArticleTrump’s Attempt At A Coup
I was doing some Angry Bear housecleaning and ran across this post by Barkley questioning whether trump would leave the presidency upon after his loss. This post was written by Barkley November 10th....
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