Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts

Monetary Theory and Policy

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

I found this lecture absolutely fantastic (especially the portion about the Taylor Rule). If you're taking AP Econ right now, this will put everything you've learned about the Federal Reserve in context. Don't doubt yourself; I think you'll actually understand most of this. The professor takes a very beginner friendly approach to his explanation of monetary policy.

And if you're on the Fed Challenge team (like me), this is an absolute MUST WATCH!!!

A Novel Approach to Unemployment

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

 Labor Dept: Available Labor Rate Increases To 10.2%

Steven Levitt meant it when he said in Freakonomics that there's a hidden side to everything.