Friday, September 30, 2022

Wrap Up for September 2022

Technology has shaped our world in many ways.

Some reflections from Giles Wilkes on policy advice.

Just as there are missing markets in housing and healthcare, the same is true for legal assistance.

Globalization touched many things, but it skipped cleaner forms of energy.

"Basing our wealth on housing is dysfunctional."

Idea processing and total factor productivity.

What determines inflation expectations?

The world's most important values in a graphic illustration.

Intangible capital doesn't always mean productive economic complexity.

"Implications of additive growth"

Noah Smith makes the case for robots and automation.

Some top economics papers.

Congress may not do anything to repair Social Security until the trust fund actually runs dry.

Work is about more than just pay for hours worked.

Why doesn't building size contribute more to economies of scale?

Job vacancies as a key factor for core inflation.

A rising dollar will have global consequence.

Unemployment may need to rise well about 4.1 percent to sufficiently lower inflation.

There are times when solidarity really matters.

Do statistics tell us how many books have sold? It's complicated.

What if the rich world isn't open to generating the new institutional arrangements that it needs?

The untapped potential of mobile housing.

Rising crime could set back efforts to promote greater housing density.

Scott Sumner discusses his upcoming book with David Beckworth, and also his retirement from Mercatus.

An inflation update from Noah Smith.

The World Bank considers the possibility of global recession.

Our economic future has much to do with human capital.

What countries still have monarchies, and how do they function?

Even the insured tend to carry medical debt, which in turn can exacerbate poor life circumstance.

Donald Kohn reviews Scott Sumner's The Money Illusion. Scott Sumner responds.

It helps to start career planning early.

"Who are the winners and losers from inflation?"

An enlightening discussion regarding the importance of fiscal dominance, and more.

Inflation in 14 charts.

Russ Roberts talks with Raj Chetty about economic mobility.

"Long-Run Trends in Long-Maturity Real Rates 1311-2021"

Macroeconomics should be approached from multiple perspectives.

Mancur Olson on distributional coalitions.

Why aren't women better represented in central banking?

What Marxists and libertarians have in common.

Can maintenance stand on its own, outside of austerity?

A closer look at the U.S. services sector.

There's plenty of subjectivity in measuring living standards.

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