Congress and a Biden White House are more likely to come to agreement on an injection of cash for state and local governments, plus industrial and anti-poverty programs.
Beaconomics
The impact of persistently low rates of return
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The result of falling real interest rates has been increased risking taking by public pension fund investment managers and others.
Beaconomics
What? Low inflation is a problem?
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No one wants a return to double-digit inflation. But low inflation can slip into deflation, which increases the risk of a downturn.
Beaconomics
Economists’ inflation conundrum
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Economic changes such as the growth of free services make our “tape measure” of price movements—traditional inflation statistics—unreliable.
Beaconomics
Rochester’s languishing economy
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Over nearly two decades, the nation’s large metros as a group have outpaced Rochester’s job creation. And they still do.
Beaconomics
Journalism’s profound decline at the local level
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Outside the nation’s 10 largest metro areas, the decrease in the ranks of reporters has been dramatic.
Beaconomics
Trade war: The stakes for Rochester
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Why put at risk the substantial income and tens of thousands of local jobs that global trade generates in the Rochester region?
Beaconomics
Turn up the heat: It’s worth the inflation risk
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Stimulating the economy despite historically low unemployment may open the door for discouraged and marginalized workers to get back into the game. This would be good for Rochester, and for the nation.
Beaconomics
Modern Monetary Theory: voodoo economics for the left
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A growing number of progressive politicians have embraced a line of economic thinking that says debt and deficits don’t matter. But is “just print money” the right way to build a strong economy?
Beaconomics
Challenging the Piketty gospel
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Has the share of income going to the top 1 percent in the U.S. jumped dramatically in the last half-century? Recent research throws doubt on that belief.
Education
The role of education in Rochester’s economy
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The challenge of Rochester’s public schools has been the “elephant in the room” in every discussion of poverty and economic development for decades. On May 13, the Rochester Beacon Solutions Forum will explore possible solutions to the problem of Rochester’s underperforming schools.