aiseoneilJun 11, 20214 min readClosing Billionaire Tax LoopholesA recent ProPublica report has uncovered shocking details about how little Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet and Michael Bloomberg...
aiseoneilJun 10, 20214 min readWork Ethic for Thee But Not for MeTwenty five Republican-held states are ending enhanced unemployment benefits in June or July before they are set to expire in September...
aiseoneilJun 9, 20212 min readDon't Be JOLTed by Job OpeningsThe Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for April was published yesterday. It shows job openings, graphed below, at an all time...
aiseoneilJun 8, 20215 min readAmerica Might Be the Next EuropeIn Europe, macroeconomic policy is decided by the competition of two factions: rich states and poor states. Rich countries like Germany...
aiseoneilJun 7, 20214 min readResponding to Critics - Housing BubbleIn an earlier blog post, reposted on another blog, I argued that current reporting on the housing market frenzy was intentionally...
aiseoneilJun 5, 20213 min readHomeownership is Not a Key to Middleclass ProsperityIt is common to hear the fight against inequality, both economic and racial, framed in terms of increasing home ownership. For example, ...
aiseoneilJun 4, 20212 min readIt Turns Out I Was Right #1: Seasonal Adjustements Will Likely Exaggerate Job GrowthIn an earlier blog post of mine, I predicted that the May and June jobs report would overstate job performance. My argument, in short,...
aiseoneilJun 3, 20215 min readThere is Not a Housing Shortage; There is a Home Price BubbleHomelessness is the greatest moral evil of our time. It is hard to be critical of any economic trends or rhetoric that seems focused in...
aiseoneilJun 3, 20214 min readSeasonal Adjustements Will Likely Exaggerate Job GrowthI think that the next 2 labor reports will overstate job growth because of a technical issue, namely Seasonal Adjustments. To explain why...
aiseoneilJun 3, 20216 min readHyperinflation Incoming?Inflation is growing out of control, or so we are told. Tucker Carlson recently said, “we wound up with frightening levels of inflation,”...
