Economic growth

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Making the case for economic growth: Q&A with authors Stephen Smith and Edd Noell part 2

Josh Good | April 25, 2013, 3:30 pm

In a new AEI book, “Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing,” three professors — Edd S. Noell, Stephen L. S. Smith, and Bruce G. Webb — explore the benefits of growth and address common concerns regarding how growth … read more >

Economics, Free Enterprise

Making the case for economic growth: Q&A with authors Stephen Smith and Edd Noell

Josh Good | April 24, 2013, 10:16 am

In a new AEI book, “Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing,” three professors — Edd S. Noell, Stephen L. S. Smith and Bruce G. Webb — explore the benefits of growth and address common concerns regarding how growth … read more >

Economics, Free Enterprise

Video: The power of economic growth

Henrik Temp | April 23, 2013, 4:42 pm

This new video from AEI’s Values & Capitalism project tells the story of young entrepreneurs in Honduras who are seeing first-hand the impact of economic growth. It makes the case that if we truly care about the poor, we’ll seek to create new economic opportunities for those in need. read more >

Credit: Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing

Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

The most important economic chart in Western civilization — and how it happened

James Pethokoukis | April 23, 2013, 1:41 pm

It’s sad that the case for economic growth needs to be made. But it seems that too many people have lost sight of why growth is good as they fret about issues such as the environment and inequality (both of … read more >

Pethokoukis, Economics, U.S. Economy

So is US spending austerity working or not?

James Pethokoukis | April 18, 2013, 8:49 am

From economist Ed Yardeni: There’s no denying that the latest recovery in real GDP has been subpar (Fig. 1). Real GDP has increased only 1.8% on average over the past two years (Fig. 2). However, this average growth rate rises … read more >

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a news conference on the first day of the ADB's 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Manila May 2, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Economics, Monetary Policy, Pethokoukis

Japan picks dove Kuroda for new central bank boss. Time for the Fed to escalate

James Pethokoukis | February 25, 2013, 8:53 am

It looks like Tokyo will be getting its own Ben Bernanke to run Japan’s central bank. Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, likely to be nominated for the post by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is described by the WSJ as an “open … read more >

Economics, U.S. Economy

Lessons from Japan on economic recovery

Henrik Temp and Sofiya Mahdi | January 31, 2013, 2:53 pm

John Makin’s latest AEI piece, “Japan’s Lessons for America’s Budget Warriors,” examines lessons from Japan’s past for current American policymakers. Like Japan, the United States has been suffering from weak economic growth since 2007 because of the bursting of a real … read more >

Pethokoukis

Already we have a strong contender for most misleading chart of 2013

James Pethokoukis | January 7, 2013, 4:00 pm

The above chart comes from the book “Bulls, Bears and the Ballot Box.” It is used in a new Forbes column attempting to make the case that the economy tends to be stronger under Democratic presidents than Republicans — thus liberal economic … read more >

Economics, Taxes and Spending

If you want record income tax revenue, extend the Bush tax cuts

Andrew Biggs | December 19, 2012, 10:40 am

My colleague James Pethokoukis points out that the CBO projects that tax revenues will rise by over $2 trillion in the next decade simply due to economic growth. Today, revenues are unusually low because the economy is weak, but as … read more >

Pethokoukis

Bernanke: The Great Recession broke the broken U.S. economy even more

James Pethokoukis | November 20, 2012, 2:42 pm

In a speech today, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke offered up the usual suspects to explain the weak economic recovery: the aftermath of the financial crisis, the aftermath of the housing bust, the eurozone crisis, the fiscal cliff. But this is … read more >

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