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The Fight over Symbols Prevents Real Reform

By Eugene Steuerle Thu, Apr 27, 2017

With health, immigration, trade, and tax policy, the need for real improvements takes a backseat to counterproductive fights over political symbolism, writes our guest columnist, an economist and former...

Published April 27, 2017

iTDFs: ‘Self-Driving’ Retirement Cars

By Per U. K. Linnemann Wed, Apr 19, 2017

'We’ve added intelligent shock absorbers and an automatic transmission to existing TDFs,' writes the former chief actuary of Denmark about his new retirement product. They 'convey clients seamlessly from...

Published April 20, 2017

The Fed Reveals its Game Plan

By Stephen Slifer Wed, Apr 12, 2017

'Given a snail’s pace of removing excessive monetary policy accommodation, it is hard to envision Fed policy threatening the economy any time soon,' a former senior economist at the...

Published April 13, 2017

The Risks to America’s Booming Economy

By Martin Feldstein Wed, Mar 29, 2017

'The danger is that overpriced assets and high-risk loans could lose value and cause an economic downturn,' writes our guest columnist, the well-known Harvard economist.

Published March 30, 2017

Getting Basic Income Right

By Kemal Dervis Wed, Mar 22, 2017

'The challenge now—for the developed economies, at least—is to develop stronger and more streamlined social‐solidarity systems, create room for more individual choice in the use of benefits, and make...

Published March 23, 2017

‘A Dangerous Time in History’

By Michael Gayed Thu, Feb 23, 2017

The current investment narrative is based on the assumption that Trump will be a reflationary president, says our guest columnist, the chief investment strategist at Pension Partners LLC. He...

Published February 23, 2017

Will Trump Derail the Fed’s Game Plan?

By Stephen Slifer

'If the Fed can engineer a record-breaking length period of expansion, why in the world would anyone want to tinker with the process?' writes the blogger at NumberNomics.com, a...

Published February 23, 2017

Fed No Longer Controls Rates

By Brian Singer, CFA Wed, Feb 1, 2017

'We believe the probability of the Fed raising rates three times in 2017 is less than what the market has begun to price in post the Donald Trump election,'...

Published February 2, 2017

The Illusions Driving Up US Asset Prices

By Robert Shiller Mon, Jan 23, 2017

'The Dow is up only 19% in real (inflation-adjusted) terms since 2000. A 19% increase in 17 years is underwhelming, and the national home price index that Karl Case...

Published January 26, 2017

Six Bipartisan Opportunities for the President-Elect

By Eugene Steuerle Thu, Dec 1, 2016

'Never before have so many promises been made for the future, both for unsustainable rates of spending growth and lower taxes,' writes our guest columnist, a former deputy assistant...

Published December 1, 2016

There’s No Morning-After Pill

By Kerry Pechter Wed, Nov 16, 2016

Published November 17, 2016

What Happens Now for Retirement Policy?

By Will Hansen

The author, a senior vice president of Retirement Policy at ERIC.org, predicts that the Trump administration will reverse several Obama initiatives: the overtime rule; paid sick leave for federal...

Published November 17, 2016

Trump Wins: What Happens Now?

By Schwab Center for Financial Research Thu, Nov 10, 2016

'How Trump will govern is a huge wild card,' write Schwab's analysts. 'Tax cuts, an infrastructure spending plan, and reduced regulation might offer offsetting boosts, but they would bring...

Published November 10, 2016

Big Danger at the Lower Bound

By Kenneth Rogoff Thu, Nov 3, 2016

'There may not be enough time before the next deep recession to lay the groundwork for effective negative interest rate policy or to phase in a higher inflation target....

Published November 3, 2016

The Inherent Risk of High-Priced Assets

By Martin Feldstein Thu, Oct 27, 2016

'Within the US, the greatest risk is a sharp decline in asset prices, which would lead to a collapse of aggregate demand... Conditions are becoming more dangerous as...

Published October 28, 2016

Trump, Buffett, and how the wealthy are taxed

By Eugene Steuerle Thu, Oct 20, 2016

'At the end of the day, tweaks to the individual income tax system, including higher tax rates, are unlikely to increase dramatically the taxes paid by the very wealthy,'...

Published October 21, 2016

Student Debt Weighs on All of Us

By Eugene Steuerle Thu, Oct 6, 2016

'If this debt policy additionally discourages risk taking and marriage after education, then all this debt may even reduce investment over time in education, businesses, and homes combined,' writes...

Published October 6, 2016

Don’t Let Commoditization Sneak Up on You

By David Macchia Thu, Sep 29, 2016

Our guest columnist, creator of the Wealth2k advisor marketing and income planning tools, learned a valuable lesson about commoditized workers during a 2010 visit to an athletic shoe factory...

Published September 29, 2016

Helicopter Money Is in the Air

By Robert Skidelsky Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Helicopter money comes in two forms: The government could issue each voter or citizen with a smart card worth, say, $1,000. Or helicopter money could be used to finance...

Published September 22, 2016

Positive Words about Negative Rates

By Ben Bernanke Thu, Sep 15, 2016

If Fed chair Janet Yellen had to choose between setting a higher inflation target and forcing short-term interest rates into negative territory in order to lower real rates during...

Published September 15, 2016

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