Scott Sumner

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Scott Sumner

The Wizard of OZK

Nov 14 2018

Scott Sumner

Teaching to the test

Nov 12 2018

Scott Sumner

Some thoughts on global warming

Nov 10 2018

Scott Sumner

(Unconditional) prediction is overrated

Nov 8 2018

Scott Sumner

No more public mass transit infrastructure

Nov 6 2018

Scott Sumner

I don't find "monetary disequilibrium" to be a useful concept

Nov 4 2018

Scott Sumner

Are workers paid their marginal product? Should they be?

Nov 2 2018

Scott Sumner

The case for European health care

Oct 31 2018

Scott Sumner

Should the Fed pay attention to the stock market?

Oct 29 2018

Scott Sumner

No equity/efficiency trade-off here

Oct 25 2018

Scott Sumner

Fed independence? Compared to what?

Oct 25 2018

Scott Sumner

What wage mystery?

Oct 24 2018

Scott Sumner

A not so happy ending

Oct 23 2018

Scott Sumner

Two questions about commercial real estate lending

Oct 21 2018

Scott Sumner

What's good for big tobacco . . .

Oct 18 2018

Scott Sumner

Pro-business but not pro-market

Oct 16 2018

Scott Sumner

Why recessions are hard to predict

Oct 14 2018

Scott Sumner

Decentralization and international affairs

Oct 11 2018

Scott Sumner

Trade realism

Oct 9 2018

Scott Sumner

Nordhaus and Romer

Oct 8 2018

Scott Sumner

Expansions are getting longer, booms are not (plus Iran deal bonus)

Oct 6 2018

Scott Sumner

The "cringe"

Oct 5 2018

Scott Sumner

Is maximizing "total wages" the right goal?

Oct 4 2018

Scott Sumner

Why a federal minimum wage?

Oct 3 2018

Scott Sumner

YIMBY!

Oct 2 2018

Scott Sumner

Fuzzy sets and the biggest scandal in economics

Sep 30 2018

Scott Sumner

A Laffer Curve for government spending

Sep 29 2018

Scott Sumner

What can we learn from the Bank of England?

Sep 27 2018

Scott Sumner

Reihan Salam on immigration

Sep 25 2018

Scott Sumner

Micro vs. macro

Sep 22 2018

Scott Sumner

NIMBYism isn't just about housing

Sep 22 2018

Scott Sumner

Rashomon in 2008

Sep 19 2018

Scott Sumner

Are tariffs a big threat to China?

Sep 18 2018

Scott Sumner

Integrating immigrants

Sep 16 2018

Scott Sumner

Bring back monetarism!

Sep 14 2018

Scott Sumner

The new philanthropy

Sep 13 2018

Scott Sumner

Did Lehman cause the Great Recession?

Sep 11 2018

Scott Sumner

Who should be allowed to deposit money at the Fed?

Sep 9 2018

Scott Sumner

Don't confuse accounting with causal relationships

Sep 7 2018

Scott Sumner

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Sep 4 2018

Scott Sumner

Mugged by regulation

Sep 3 2018

Scott Sumner

Social democracy isn't socialism

Sep 2 2018

Scott Sumner

Tate Lacey sees hints of NGDP targeting in Powell's remarks

Aug 31 2018

Scott Sumner

Who should pay for fixing externalities?

Aug 30 2018

Scott Sumner

Neoliberalism is not dead

Aug 27 2018

Scott Sumner

Why so little inflation?

Aug 26 2018

Scott Sumner

The problem with sticky price models

Aug 26 2018

Scott Sumner

How to judge a judge

Aug 23 2018

Scott Sumner

Italy: The real problem is real

Aug 21 2018

Scott Sumner

Lots of axes to grind

Aug 20 2018

Scott Sumner

Charter cities in China

Aug 18 2018

Scott Sumner

Interpreting public opinion

Aug 14 2018

Scott Sumner

Be skeptical of surveys of public opinion, example #441

Aug 13 2018

Scott Sumner

The wisdom of Nick Rowe

Aug 12 2018

Scott Sumner

The US will "lose" a currency war

Aug 11 2018

Scott Sumner

Let's transfer more technology to China

Aug 10 2018

Scott Sumner

Against the Electoral College (people, not cows)

Aug 8 2018

Scott Sumner

Pro-market but not pro-business

Aug 7 2018

Scott Sumner

Keynesian fiscal policy is dead

Aug 4 2018

Scott Sumner

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Aug 3 2018

Scott Sumner

3 misconceptions about the yield spread

Jul 30 2018

Scott Sumner

Inside Democrats, outside Republicans

Jul 29 2018

Scott Sumner

How much value does the Chinese government place on freedom?

Jul 27 2018

Scott Sumner

Ignorance is bliss (for the EU)

Jul 26 2018

Scott Sumner

Peter Navarro is losing

Jul 25 2018

Scott Sumner

State capitalism, part 2

Jul 24 2018

Scott Sumner

The moral hazard presidency?

Jul 22 2018

Scott Sumner

Political Correctness in San Francisco

Jul 20 2018

Scott Sumner

Is Fed policy too easy or too tight?

Jul 17 2018

Scott Sumner

The chickens come home to roost

Jul 15 2018

Scott Sumner

Does immigration help the Dems?

Jul 12 2018

Scott Sumner

If it walks like a duck . . .

Jul 11 2018

Scott Sumner

Are there any originalists?

Jul 8 2018

Scott Sumner

Process comes first

Jul 4 2018

Scott Sumner

Two articles on Fed policy

Jul 2 2018

Scott Sumner

Is neoliberalism dead?

Jun 30 2018

Scott Sumner

The US and Turkey

Jun 29 2018

Scott Sumner

Us and them

Jun 27 2018

Scott Sumner

A stable cryptocurrency?

Jun 25 2018

Scott Sumner

What causes recessions and "empressions"?

Jun 23 2018

Scott Sumner

Is economic nationalism even possible?

Jun 21 2018

Scott Sumner

Do poverty programs reduce poverty?

Jun 19 2018

Scott Sumner

Out-foxed and conned?

Jun 17 2018

Scott Sumner

What is the influence of wealth on demand?

Jun 15 2018

Scott Sumner

Our New Design

Jun 13 2018

Scott Sumner

Why the Singapore summit might be a net plus

Jun 12 2018

Scott Sumner

Good and bad nationalism

Jun 10 2018

Scott Sumner

Good and bad pardons

Jun 9 2018

Scott Sumner

FDR and George Warren

Jun 7 2018

Scott Sumner

Kevin Erdmann on the housing "bubble"

Jun 5 2018

Scott Sumner

Neoliberalism is the worst system, except for all the others

Jun 3 2018

Scott Sumner

Don't be afraid to catch a falling knife

Jun 1 2018

Scott Sumner

What "austerity"?

May 29 2018

Scott Sumner

Should central banks become banks?

May 28 2018

Scott Sumner

Moral responsibility

May 27 2018

Scott Sumner

Cash for bonds

May 24 2018

Scott Sumner

America bullies the world

May 22 2018

Scott Sumner

UBI vs. guaranteed jobs vs. wage subsidies

May 19 2018

Scott Sumner

Markets are inhuman (and that's a good thing)

May 17 2018

Scott Sumner

Safe haven or tight money?

May 15 2018

Scott Sumner

Questions about Japan

May 14 2018

Scott Sumner

How much idealism is ideal?

May 12 2018

Scott Sumner

Monetary policy (mostly) determines nominal wage growth

May 11 2018

Scott Sumner

Three contrarian opinions

May 10 2018

Scott Sumner

Leland Yeager, RIP

May 9 2018

Scott Sumner

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing

May 8 2018

Scott Sumner

Very bad news on housing

May 7 2018

Scott Sumner

Trade is not the problem

May 5 2018

Scott Sumner

Does the recognition lag give the Fed an alibi for 2008?

May 2 2018

Scott Sumner

The monetary economics of the 2040s, today

Apr 30 2018

Scott Sumner

Target the unbiased forecast

Apr 28 2018

Scott Sumner

Macroprudential?

Apr 26 2018

Scott Sumner

So you want my opinion?

Apr 24 2018

Scott Sumner

Building more highways will reduce traffic congestion

Apr 22 2018

Scott Sumner

The US is unlikely to default

Apr 20 2018

Scott Sumner

Beware of macro survey questions

Apr 18 2018

Scott Sumner

Don't tax death

Apr 15 2018

Scott Sumner

It's that time of year again

Apr 13 2018

Scott Sumner

What empirical evidence should we trust?

Apr 11 2018

Scott Sumner

When "deregulation" becomes crony capitalism

Apr 7 2018

Scott Sumner

What happened in 2004?

Apr 4 2018

Scott Sumner

FDR's immaculate inflation

Apr 1 2018

Scott Sumner

Why stop at price level targeting?

Mar 30 2018

Scott Sumner

From liberalism to illiberalism

Mar 30 2018

Scott Sumner

How much leverage does America have in trade?

Mar 27 2018

Scott Sumner

Getting out in front of the parade

Mar 25 2018

Scott Sumner

What if Trump wins the China IP dispute?

Mar 22 2018

Scott Sumner

Forza Italia!

Mar 21 2018

Scott Sumner

The West was right about China

Mar 19 2018

Scott Sumner

Coase and Krugman

Mar 17 2018

Scott Sumner

Who are we?

Mar 16 2018

Scott Sumner

Functional capitalism

Mar 14 2018

Scott Sumner

Norway's peculiar decision

Mar 13 2018

Scott Sumner

Japan and market monetarism

Mar 12 2018

Scott Sumner

The letter and the spirit of the law

Mar 11 2018

Scott Sumner

You don't know what you've got till it's gone

Mar 9 2018

Scott Sumner

Two kinds of supply shocks

Mar 7 2018

Scott Sumner

1973: Utopia or dystopia?

Mar 5 2018

Scott Sumner

Imagine not knowing who the President is

Mar 4 2018

Scott Sumner

The new fault lines

Mar 3 2018

Scott Sumner

Trade war? What could go wrong?

Mar 2 2018

Scott Sumner

Don't give them anywhere to hide

Feb 28 2018

Scott Sumner

Answering the wrong question

Feb 27 2018

Scott Sumner

Americans are richer and happier* than Europeans

Feb 26 2018

Scott Sumner

Bad news from China

Feb 25 2018

Scott Sumner

Don't use the Phillips Curve, destroy it

Feb 24 2018

Scott Sumner

Will the Swiss adopt 100% reserve banking?

Feb 23 2018

Scott Sumner

You get what you pay for

Feb 22 2018

Scott Sumner

Do deficits matter?

Feb 21 2018

Scott Sumner

There's no success like failure

Feb 20 2018

Scott Sumner

Will Trump reverse Obama's H-4 program?

Feb 19 2018

Scott Sumner

Never reason from an interest rate spread

Feb 18 2018

Scott Sumner

Please, don't experiment with monetary policy

Feb 16 2018

Scott Sumner

Why are non-whites so libertarian?

Feb 15 2018

Scott Sumner

Is Paul Krugman now too conservative for our textbooks?

Feb 13 2018

Scott Sumner

Don't use monetary policy to boost wages

Feb 11 2018

Scott Sumner

What would a scientific cigarette policy look like?

Feb 9 2018

Scott Sumner

Charlie Brown and the GOP

Feb 7 2018

Scott Sumner

Beckworth interviews Neel Kashkari

Feb 6 2018

Scott Sumner

The National Review on Immigration

Feb 4 2018

Scott Sumner

Monetary policy: The view from the markets

Feb 2 2018

Scott Sumner

Further thoughts on Friedman's Presidential address

Feb 1 2018

Scott Sumner

A dilemma for libertarians: Should central banks be strong or weak?

Jan 29 2018

Scott Sumner

Nebraskans are protected by the 4th amendment

Jan 28 2018

Scott Sumner

Bullseye!

Jan 26 2018

Scott Sumner

Alternative Money University

Jan 24 2018

Scott Sumner

Friedman's Presidential Address after 50 years

Jan 22 2018

Scott Sumner

Just who are those "consumers"?

Jan 20 2018

Scott Sumner

A tax by any other name . . .

Jan 18 2018

Scott Sumner

Whereof One Cannot Speak, Thereof One Must Be Silent

Jan 16 2018

Scott Sumner

Affirmative action for drug pushers? (I say yes)

Jan 15 2018

Scott Sumner

Squalor and immigration

Jan 13 2018

Scott Sumner

What do people believe about interest rates?

Jan 11 2018

Scott Sumner

A blind spot at the New York Times

Jan 9 2018

Scott Sumner

Crime and civil liberties

Jan 7 2018

Scott Sumner

Why I'm not a progressive

Jan 5 2018

Scott Sumner

We should focus on building "unaffordable" housing

Jan 3 2018