Yo-Yo Economics?

LAST week's print edition features an analysis of a survey we conducted of top American economists in advance of the presidential election.

It’s a sign of the times that a reputable economist, Dean Baker, can use the word “corruption” in the headline of an article describing two major trade deals under negotiation and no one bats an eye.

Brad DeLong: The Benefits of Free Trade: Time to Fly My Neoliberal Freak Flag High!: I think Paul Krugman is wrong today on international trade. For we find him in “plague on both your houses” mode. ... [see here and here]

|Peter Boettke|

|Peter Boettke|  

Submitted by Axel Merk via Merk Investments, Is gold, often scoffed at as being an unproductive asset, more productive than cash? If so, what does it mean for asset allocation?

|Peter Boettke| Carol Graham has a recent opinion article "America's Broken Dream" which hones in on the status of economic opportunity in the US economy.  She argues that:

The study by business property experts LondonOffices.com, asked 420 workers to cite the time they felt they were at their least productive. The average time was then taken. Workers claimed around this time they suffered from a post lunch lull but said a strong coffee or bar of chocolate often got them on the move again. Some confessed to using this time to check their social media profiles whilst other said it was when they started planning their evening’s activities.