3 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Israel Eavesdropped On John Kerry
Israel Eavesdropped On John Kerry
When it comes to diplomacy, John Kerry may have rapidly become the biggest laughing joke in US State Department history, but that doesn’t mean his exchanges weren’t valuable to others.
3 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Companies That Want Their Employees to Retire Rich
3 Companies That Want Their Employees to Retire Rich
Saving for retirement can be a tough thing, but three companies are providing employees with significant amounts of money in addition to their salaries to help them get there.
3 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Will DARPA’s New Space Shuttle Crush the SpaceX Grasshopper?
Will DARPA’s New Space Shuttle Crush the SpaceX Grasshopper?
3 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday links: dramatic and confident
Sunday links: dramatic and confident
Quote of the day
Jeff Miller, “As you watch or read the news next week, you should realize the pressure on pundits to be bold, dramatic, and confident – even when their forecasts are a bit shaky.” (A Dash of Insight)
Chart of the day
3 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Biggest Problem With Amazon Prime
The Biggest Problem With Amazon Prime
Amazon recorded another quarterly loss last week; a big issue was costs associated with Amazon Prime.
3 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why macro stabilization policy rarely fixes problems
Why macro stabilization policy rarely fixes problems
A big demand slump isn’t just an economic disaster; it’s also a prediction of an economic disaster. And that means it’s a prediction of policy failure. At least that’s the implication of the Woodfordian view of macro (which I accept.) Changes in current AD are mostly driven by changes in the future path of AD. Changes in near-term NGDP are mostly driven by changes in expected NGDP 1, 2, 5 and 10 years out in the future. Call it the term structure of NGDP. And those are driven by the future expected path of monetary policy.
