— Seems like everybody wants to get into the act … St. Louis Fed President Bullard and Fed Governor Waller call for stronger measures to fight inflation. — Though we value free speech, should the Fed speak with one voice when it comes to monetary policy? — Are opinions and forecasts based on the “dismal science” of…
Tag: Economists
Take something beautiful and drag it through the gutter
When I saw Jeff Sommer’s column, “Scoping Out a Phantom Recession”(May 24, 2015, NY Times), I thought I was in for a beautiful treat–the New York Times calling out an economist for a miserable call. And, initially that is what I got–Sommers taking the Economic Cycle Research Institute to task over making a highly confident…