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New Podcast!: Inflection Point: The Berkeley Political Economy Podcast

Relaunching! Relaunch starring John Ganz, author of the truly excellent book When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, & How America Cracked Up in…

Mar 18 •

R.I.P. Kevin Drum

Your memory is a blessing, my friend...

Mar 14 •

PROJECT SYNDICATE: Bond Vigilantes! Or Is It "Bond Vigilantes?'?

Normal countries, countries with “exorbitant privilege”, and the threat of the loss of same. For even for those those with “exorbitant privilege” cannot…

Mar 7 •

Anchoring Your Thoughts Against the Blizzard of Trumpist Lies Is Very Important for You!

Proper mental hygiene is essential if you are to be a useful part of humanity-as-an-anthology-intelligence over the next four years. Start now…

Mar 1 •

"Inflection Point", Hosted by Dylan Riley & Brad DeLong

Yes, another podcast, as if the world needed more… We are going to try to soft-relaunch "Inflection Point" next week, with our first guest being the…

Feb 28 •

First Principles of Fiscal Policy, with Some of Their Practical Applications

My Godley-Tobin Lecture at the Eastern Economic Association. It has turned out to be a full-throated defense of Federal Reserve monetary policy in the…

Feb 22 •

HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: Again, This Year, I Lament I Have No Opportunity to Give My "How to Think Like an Economist" Lecture

It seems to me that this is important stuff—that people really should know it before they begin studying economics, because it would make studying…

Feb 20 •

Blame the Right-Wing Noise Machine, Not the Facts on the Ground, for Voters' Dismay About the Economy

No, our economic statistics were not painting us an unusually rosy picture last fall. Yes, the state of the American economy is very disappointing. But…

Feb 16 •

HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES FROM 1998: Robber Barons

“Industrial Statesmen”, Robber Barons, & billionaires: wealth, power, & the politics of fortune from railroads to Silicon Valley—how the rules of…

Feb 15 •

Time to Revisit: How Does This Assessment Look Fourteen Months Later?

I need to update my assessment I made 14 months ago about "Team Transitory" vis-à-vis "Team Persistent" on US early-2020s inflation. I need to update it…

Feb 10 •

REVIEW: Small People Dealing with Looming Fascism Novel Watch

I do love Jo Walton's "Small Change" trilogy. & I do find it, once again, a very suitable read for our times. Save for the not-unhappy ending part...

Feb 8 •

NOTE TO SELF: TrumpChaos in a BREXIT Mirror

Is the best analogy to the chaos-monkey international trade politics Trump has embarked upon the example of BREXIT? And, if so, what does that tell…

Feb 6 •

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