Updated 11/24 2:45PM Pacific to include a list of candidates the GOP is mulling to replace Elmendorf, including Bill Beach (!!!)
(For the youth of today, here is the reference.)
Some Observations on the Wisconsin Employment Outlook
The Walker Administration’s Economic Outlook forecasts private employment in January 2015 will be 115 thousand below the goal set forth by Governor Walker in August 2013. Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment will not reattain prior peak levels until 2015Q2.
The Japanese GDP Release: The Bad and the Not so Bad
Instead of a 0.2% q/q increase as in the WSJ survey, GDP declined 0.4% [0] [1] It’s pretty bad news, but here are a couple of observations, following up on my previous post on Japan.
Social Security and Paid-Up Workers
Americans are living longer and retiring earlier. But how, as an individual or as a country, can you finance a 30-year retirement with a 40-year career? Stanford Professor John Shoven recently visited UCSD and presented some interesting policy suggestions.
Preventing a Global Slowdown
Action is needed in the eurozone and Japan, according to the Treasury Secretary.
IMF Annual Research Conference on “Cross-Border Spillovers”
The proceedings start tomorrow (Thursday).
(Fiscally) Bleeding Kansas
The deterioration in Kansas state finances not only continues unabated — it is seemingly accelerating.
Known Unknowns in International Finance
Implications for the dollar’s trajectory
How to get an academic job in economics
It’s that time of year again when our graduate students present seminars based on their dissertations in preparation for flying around the country trying to get an academic job. So I thought as a public service I’d call attention to this instructional video from the faculty at the University of Wisconsin on what new Ph.D.’s can expect when they give their first job talk.
Lunatic Fringe Alert: Government Statistics Edition
Longtime reader Ricardo (aka Dick/DickF/RicardoZ) writes:
…Our government is doing a serious disservice by falsifying the employment condition in our country. Policy changes that could actually help are being delayed with false information.