INSIDE, vol. 3, no. 1
When IDEA published Steve Keen’s 2015 Global Economic Outlook in January, its predictions were well outside the consensus. Today, only five months later, the gap has substantially closed, without revising the …
Economy Archive
Different metrics all describe the same thing – labor conditions: Response to Nate in Seattle
We’ve taken a couple of months off from the IDEA effective unemployment rate – our simple straightforward measure that replicates the pre-2008 unemployment rate. (Find the original discussion of …
Syria, Bombing, Economics and Reality
To listen to Western leaders in the aftermath of the Paris bombings, you would think the civilized world was now ready to do “what is necessary” to end …
INSIDE, vol. 3, no. 4
Econometrics is the statistical wing of economics and as such is typically thought to represent a more data-driven, empirical approach than economic theory. As such, the question in the …
Has Schäuble overplayed his hand?
It is too early to tell how problematic for the Germans the outrage over their attempted takeover of the Greek political system will be. (See #This is a coup.) …