PODCAST: "Hexapodia" Is þe Key Insight I: "Relief, Support, Stimulus" or "Stimulus, Inflation, Catastrophe"?: þe Biden $1.9T Reconciliation Plan: Noah Smith & Brad DeLong

Noah Smith & Brad DeLong now have a podcast:

Works Referenced:

Twirlip of the Mists: Hexapodia as the Key Insight<http://web.hexapodia.org/>

Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep <https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Upon-Deep-Zones-Thought-ebook/dp/B000FBJAGO>

Vernor Vinge: A Deepness in the Sky<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002H8ORKM>

Larry Summers: The Biden Stimulus Is Admirably Ambitious. But It Brings Some Big Risks too<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/larry-summers-biden-covid-stimulus/>

Olivier Blanchard: ‘Let me double down and go through some numbers…

Olivier Blanchard @ojblanchard1

Let me double down and go through some numbers. I agree that too much is better than too little and we should aim for some overheating. The question is how much. Much too much is both possible and harmful. I think this package is too much.

Paul Krugman: Nonstimulus Arithmetic: Why the American Rescue Plan has to be big <https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/nonstimulus-arithmetic>

Noah Smith: COVID Relief Isn't Stimulus, It's Social Insurance: It’s not about priming the pump; it's about making people whole<https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/covid-relief-isnt-stimulus-its-social>

Wendy Edelberg & Louise Sheiner: Macroeconomic Implications of Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Fiscal Package <https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/28/the-macroeconomic-implications-of-bidens-1-9-trillion-fiscal-package/>

Brad DeLong: DeLongToday: Nudging Ourselves Back to Full Employment<https://www.delongtoday.com> <https://braddelong.substack.com/p/delongtoday-nudging-ourselves-toward>