Archives 2003 – 2005
2003 Volume Issue 1
Two primary reasons for the production of this economics newsletter
– The first is to bring to the readers the growing relevance of what some like to call the New Paradigm in Economics.
– The second reason for this newsletter is to avoid as far as possible, ideologically driven arguments.
2003 Volume Issue 2
In the presence of increasing competition, restructuring, and its impact on the real rate of economic growth
2003 Volume Issue 3
U.S. Trade Deficit: Good, Bad, or Irrelevant?
Exchange Rates, Balance of Payments, etc.
2003 Volume Issue 4
The National Debt, the Federal Deficit, and the Fiscal Drag
Fiscal and Monetary Policy -Twin Policy Disasters
2003 Volume Issue 5
– Who is the FED?
– Basic Understanding of Money and Credit Creation
– Monetary Theory and its Influence on Monetary Policy
– Fiscal Policy – what ifs…
2004 Volume Issue 1
Economic Ideas that Influence Policy Makers
Monetarism and its diminishing Relevance in the American Economy
2004 Volume Issue 3
Recapping our first year in 2003
Recession of 2001?
Deflation – good or bad?
Trade Deficits
National Debt
Federal Reserve System
2005 Volume Issue 1
FEDERAL RESERVE AND INTEREST RATES: CONUNDRUM, CONSTERNATION, OR CONFUSION
The Recession of 2001, yet again…
2005 Volume Issue 2
2005 Volume Issue 3
Social Security: Is There a Crisis or Not?