How gender ratios in the U.S. and China affect men’s financial behavior can be explained with supply and demand and behavioral economics from Gary Becker.
Financial Markets
How the Fed Solves the Old Money Problem
Part of keeping the money supply at the right level involves the Fed monitoring the paper money that enters circulation and recycling cash that leaves it.
Expanding How We Measure Inflation
Our CPI measure of the inflation rate has been debated because it could be calculated using a chained CPU, could be real time, and excludes some seniors.
Dodd-Frank: When Is A Law Too Long To Obey?
With debated impact, a little more than half of the thousands of rules necessary for implementing the financial regulation in Dodd-Frank have been written.
The Benefits of Perpetual Federal Debt
Very long term federal debt that has no date for redemption like UK First World War bonds and U.S. Revolutionary War debt depend on good public credit.
Marijuana Money Problems
Colorado’s marijuana growers and dealers are wasting resources because banks and insurance companies will not act as their financial intermediaries.
The Nudge Toward a Goldilocks Savings Rate
We need to raise the low U.S. savings rate with new incentives like a lottery on savings deposits because households and business investment need savings.
A Closer Look at the EU 28 Economic Growth Rate
Looking at a European average economic growth rate, unemployment rate and GDP to debt ratio is misleading because of countries’ disparate economies.
Argentina's (Long) Default History
With Argentina again defaulting on her sovereign debt, she is violating the sanctity of contracts and lessened her borrowing ability at home and globally.
Greece Again?
With more austerity resistance to government spending cutbacks, Greece could again be heading for a sovereign debt default and a bailout.