Commercial Real Estate Industry Outlook
If you're interested to see what's happening in the economy, what to expect, and what we can do about it, you can watch this brief economic forecast I delivered a couple weeks ago.
My Goal for the New Year...Quoted in Forbes
Forbes columnist Rob Asghar has a new article titled "A Novel Tip for Making Smarter Predictions," where he announces my goal to read more novels in 2018.
Watch My New Talk on the Social Determinants of Health!
Last month, I was invited to speak at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine about historical examples of sustainable financing institutions to improve population health. This is the video of my talk.
Watch Me Discuss the Future of the Economy on The Sam Lesante Show!
Let's start 2016 by getting up-to-speed on the American economy! Here's an interview with me, just in time for the holidays...
The Grand Republican Strategy: We Win, You Pay!
No longer can a Republican run for president without admitting that the government must do something about our nation's most pressing problems -- but neither can he ask his friends in the One Percent to pay for it. Thus is born a new slogan: We win, you pay!
Saving Capitalism From a Painful Demise
It is time that we recognize inequality for the negative externality that it is, slowing our productivity growth, roiling our markets with volatility, gridlocking our political system, and starving our economy of willing and able consumers.
Listen to Me Discuss "Letter to the One Percent" with Filippo Voltaggio!
Last year, my friend Filippo Voltaggio interviewed me about my book Letter to the One Percent on his radio show Life Changes with Filippo. Finally, it is available here for you to enjoy...
The Minimum Wage Shows Why (and How) We Should Vote Today
For today is Election Day, and on this day, we will elect 36 governors. This is no time to stay home when the polling places are open. This is a time to choose leaders who will act where Washington has not.
Finally! Someone Explains What All Those Obamacare Numbers Mean!
It's time for a math lesson. After reading this article, you'll know what the numbers mean -- and which ones you should trust. No candidate will be able to fool you.
No, Education Isn't Enough to Get You Out of the Ghetto
Ross looks around at his fellow One Percenters and sees their education and assumes that's how they got there. It's like the old joke about the guy who was born on third base and assumed he'd hit a triple.
Guess Who Tried to Prevent the VA Crisis -- and Who Stood in Their Way!
While the Bush administration plunged us into two wars and cut taxes on the rich, Republicans in Congress were blocking every Democratic attempt to give the VA the funding they needed to give our veterans the medical care they were promised.
The Best Monetary Policy Is Strict Financial Regulation
Since interest rates supposedly have a strong effect on unemployment, how can forecasters be so right about unemployment if they're so wrong about interest rates?
Do the Math: People Don't Choose to Be Poor or Unemployed
On the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, many Americans are still operating under the assumption that people choose to be poor and unemployed, that they'd rather be lazy than rich, that they can afford the basic necessities of life. But the numbers tell a different story.
An Open Letter to the One Percent
You are the most powerful citizens of the most powerful country in the world. Your country needs you. You have the influence, the means, and the brainpower to turn this economy around, but you must know the facts. You must hear the cold, hard truth.
Those Obamacare Stories Aren’t as Scary as They Sound
So, yes, you can keep your old plan. Unless the insurance company changes it. In which case it isn't your old plan anymore.
Even the Shutdown Can't Kill Old Republican Fallacies
Since the government started collecting economic data around World War II, we have accumulated plenty of evidence to measure each party's success at "dealing with the economy" -- and none of it makes Republicans look good.
The Federal Government Didn't Lose the War on Poverty. It Retreated.
It's no surprise that the poverty rate rose to 15 percent during the Great Recession. A century of progress has been forgotten.
Why President Obama Is Right to Focus on Inequality
During a period when the economy doubled in size, the total income earned by 90 percent of Americans didn't increase by a single penny. All the gains went to the richest 10 percent.