My Puzzlement Over Climate Change Damage Estimates in New National Climate Assessment
Implausible worst-case scenarios do not further the debate over reasonable policies for addressing climate change.
GDP
Natural Disasters Are Destroying a Lower Percentage of Humanity's Stuff Since 1990
Absolute losses increased, but the proportion of losses relative to global GDP has dropped
Artificial Intelligence Will Be More Economically Consequential than Steam Power Was
AI could boost economic growth by 1.2 percent annually between now and 2030.
GDP Growth Is Good News—But Can It Continue During a Trade War?
The nation's GDP rose 4.1 percent in the second quarter, but those good numbers aren't likely to last.
Migrants Boost Per Capita Incomes and Lower Unemployment Finds Yet Another Study
Thirty years of data show "refugee burden" is a myth: Migrants to Europe have been a significant economic benefit
Why We Need To Shrink the National Debt, And Fast!
Too much debt slows economic growth and reduces living standards.
Climate Change Will Impoverish Millennials, Says Study
Only if you think merely tripling per capita GDP by 2100 is poverty
You Are $13,000 Poorer Because of Federal Regulations
New study quantifies the damage to economic growth that the accumulation of regulations causes
Enlightened Chinese Industrial Planning Will Crush U.S. Free Markets, Said Pundits: Maybe Not
Reminding pundits Tom Friedman, Robert Reich and others of what they said.
Time Smears Charles Koch in Headline; Changes Headline, Still Misses His Point
"Gross Domestic Product" measures that include warmaking are not a good measure of citizen well-being.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Says Global Greenhouse Gas Cuts Would Save U.S. Economy $1.5 Trillion in 2100
That amounts to 1.6 percent of the economy in 2100
'Recovering' U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Shrinks by 1 Percent
The last economic contraction was during the first quarter of 2011.
Is U.S. Economic Stagnation Inevitable?
Economic doom through aging, ignorance, inequality, debt and technological stagnation.
The Federal Government's Budget: Basic Facts You Need To Know
If we're to get even close to balancing the books, "mandatory" spending is in for deep cuts.
Federal Regulations Have Made You 75 Percent Poorer
U.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillion
GDP a Poor Measure of Economic Health
It measures government spending as if something has been created
David Cameron Faces Potential Investigation Over GDP Hint
May have alluded to GDP figures coming out tomorrow during Prime Minister's Questions
