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5. Responses to Fukuyama

Author

Mansfield, Harvey, Wilson, E. O., Himmelfarb, Gertrude, Fox, Robin, Samuelson, Robert J., and Nye, Joseph S.

Published
1999

15. Lessons from the great inflation: Paul Volcker and Ronald Reagan's forgotten miracle created a quarter century of prosperity--and a dangerous bubble of complacency

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Economic policy -- Officials and employees, United States economic conditions -- Political aspects -- Economic aspects, United States history -- 20th century AD, Humanities, Philosophy and religion, Political science
Abstract

IF YOU ASKED a group of scholars to name the most important landmarks in the American story of the last half-century, they would list some or all of the following: [...]

Published
2009

16. Trump's failure of leadership makes a feeble economy and resurgent virus more likely

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Unemployment -- Forecasts and trends -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, President of the United States -- Political activity -- Economic aspects -- Analysis -- Forecasts and trends, Political leadership -- Analysis -- Economic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects -- Analysis, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Analysis -- Forecasts and trends, Coronaviruses, Physicians, Scientists, Legislators, Power (Philosophy), Mayors, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson There are times when nations must do unpopular and painful things -- and those are the times when a country needs a leader. Ours has gone [...]

Published
2020

17. The sad death of the 'hot' economy

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Unemployment -- Forecasts and trends -- Statistics -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Economic growth -- Forecasts and trends -- Statistics -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects -- Statistics, Labor market, Economic conditions, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson This column has been updated. The U.S. economy has taken a turn for the worse -- much worse. The collapse of the job market in late [...]

Published
2020

18. One explanation for the economy's lagging productivity

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Unemployment -- Forecasts and trends -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Industrial productivity -- Evaluation -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Economic growth -- Evaluation -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, United States economic conditions -- Evaluation -- Economic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Explosions, Retail trade, Financial crises, Production management, Economic conditions, Economists, Productivity, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson If you've been paying attention to the economic news over the past couple of decades -- we're talking here about long-term trends, not cyclical shifts -- [...]

Published
2020

19. The stock market's 'fear gauge' hit its highest point ever. Here's why

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Stock markets -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Stocks, Financial markets, Stock market, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson What are stocks telling us? What explains their volatility? Anyone following the market is understandably confused. Over the past century, stocks have usually moved less than [...]

Published
2020

20. Will the economy bounce back?

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Stock markets -- Forecasts and trends, Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Business conditions -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects, Unemployment, Investors, Economic conditions, Stock market, Market trend/market analysis, Review of past year, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson What's missing is confidence. Anyone who claims to know how this economic collapse will end is either lying or woefully overconfident. But whatever the prospects, they [...]

Published
2020

21. We can't escape another recession. Keep these three questions in mind

Author

Samuelson , Robert J.

Subjects
Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Recessions -- Forecasts and trends -- United States, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects, International trade, Gross domestic product, Economic conditions, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson By now, it must be obvious to almost everyone that we can't -- and won't -- escape another recession. The coronavirus pandemic is pushing just about [...]

Published
2020

22. What the Crash of 2020 means

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Epidemics -- Economic aspects -- United States, Consumer confidence -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Economic growth -- Forecasts and trends, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects, Stock prices, Farces, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson Considering the Crash of 2020, it's too early to tell whether (a) the worst has passed or (b) collapsing stock prices are a preamble to greater [...]

Published
2020

23. The Fed gambled -- and lost

Author

Samuelson , Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Powers and duties, Global economy -- Forecasts and trends, Epidemics -- Political aspects -- United States, Interest rates -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends, COVID-19 -- Economic aspects, Monetary policy, Economic conditions, Stock markets, Financial markets, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson The Federal Reserve's first attempt to stabilize the U.S. economy in the face of the threat from the coronavirus seems to have failed. Early Tuesday, the [...]

Published
2020

24. Trump is hooked on deficits

Author

Samuelson , Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Council of Economic Advisers -- Powers and duties, President of the United States -- Economic policy, Budget deficits -- Evaluation, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Tax policy, Taxation, Fiscal policy, Deregulation, Economists, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson We are going to have this argument repeatedly between now and Election Day: Who gave us this lengthy economic expansion, which is now in its 11th [...]

Published
2020

25. Who's afraid of Bernie Sanders?

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Health policy -- Tax policy, Socialists, Television programs, Medicare, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson The latest Post-ABC News poll, which shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with a 16-percentage-point lead over his nearest Democratic rival, former vice president Joe Biden, should [...]

Published
2020

26. The Stat Abstract rocks. Here's why

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Census Bureau -- Powers and duties, ProQuest L.L.C. -- Services, Statistical Abstract of the United States (Nonfiction work), Database industry -- Services, Database industry, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson Looking for the perfect holiday gift for someone who's got everything? Here's an exotic suggestion: How about the latest edition of the Stat Abstract, which is [...]

Published
2019

31. The crash of '99

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States economic conditions -- Evaluation, Consumption (Economics) -- United States, Stock-exchange -- Analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The US economy after seven years of growth and expansion may experience some difficulties or even a recession. President Bill Clinton announced that unemployment is down and the median household income is up. However, as global financial crisis causes more losses in exports, the US could experience low consumer spending and a stock market slump.

Published
1998

34. Why we're all married to the market

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Stockholders -- Finance, Investors -- Finance, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
1998

35. Shopping and prosperity: the consumer economy

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Americans -- Economic aspects, Consumer advocacy -- Economic aspects, Arts, visual and performing, Education
Abstract

We shop, therefore we are. This is not exactly the American credo, but it comes close to being the American pastime. Even infants and toddlers quickly absorb the consumer spirit [...]

Published
2004

36. The assembly line

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Assembly-line methods -- Analysis, Businessmen -- Behavior
Published
1997

37. Balancing act

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Economic policy -- Analysis, Government spending policy -- Analysis, Tax reform -- Analysis
Published
1997

38. The rise and fall of America's 'policy entrepreneurs'

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Rivlin, Alice M. -- Appreciation -- Influence, Public administration -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Economists -- Influence -- Appreciation, Policy sciences -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Budgets, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Alice Rivlin , a longtime scholar at the Brookings Institution think tank, enjoyed an unusually constructive career. Over more than four decades, Rivlin -- who died in May at age [...]

Published
2019

39. Can Trump beat the economy?

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
President of the United States -- Evaluation, Political leadership -- Evaluation, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Economic conditions, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson We are passing a significant milestone. The current economic expansion has become the longest in U.S. history. Previously, the record was the decade from March 1991 [...]

Published
2019

40. It's time we tear up our economics textbooks and start over

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Principles of Economics (Textbook) -- Authorship, College textbooks -- Authorship, Economics -- Study and teaching, Economists -- Works, Textbooks, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw is one of the most influential economists in the United States. But the 61-year-old's authority does not stem from advancing an [...]

Published
2019

41. Bernie Sanders is a refugee from the 1930s

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Presidential candidates -- Evaluation, Democratic socialism, Socialists, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, is a man from the 1930s. If you didn't believe that before, you [...]

Published
2019

42. If you want a peek at the future, try looking at Japan. You may not like what you see

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Japan -- Demographic aspects -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, Birth rates -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Laws, regulations and rules, Immigration policy -- Evaluation, Economic policy -- Evaluation, Periodical editors, Elderly, Medical economics, Labor force, Public expenditures, Editors, Pensions, Economists, Elderly workers, Infrastructure (Economics), Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson If you want a peek at the future, try looking at Japan. It's a sobering exercise. Here's how economist Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal [...]

Published
2019

43. Americans want more from the government, so Democrats are peddling fairy tales

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Political systems -- Forecasts and trends -- Public opinion, Fairy tales, Political parties, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson 'And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.' -- John F. [...]

Published
2019

44. The trade wars are here. Are trade blocs next?

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States foreign relations, Chinese foreign relations, Trade disputes -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- International aspects, Tariffs -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- International aspects, Protectionism -- Political aspects, Trade blocs -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- International aspects, Trade policy, International trade, Economists, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson We may be on the cusp of an upheaval in global trade. Since World War II, the international trading system has operated on the premise of [...]

Published
2019

45. Are we at risk of a Chinese dollar dump?

Author

Samuelson , Robert J.

Subjects
Global economy -- Forecasts and trends, United States foreign relations -- Economic aspects, Foreign exchange market -- Forecasts and trends, Chinese foreign relations -- Economic aspects, Treasury securities -- Evaluation, Financial crises -- Forecasts and trends, Medium term notes, Treasury notes, Government securities, Foreign exchange, Financial markets, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson At last count, China held slightly more than $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities. One fear has been that, should China and the United States engage [...]

Published
2019

46. Why are wage gains so weak?

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Labor market -- Forecasts and trends, Wages and salaries -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, United States economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Consumer price indexes, Workers, Salary, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson After correcting for inflation, wage gains remain sluggish. In April, average weekly earnings for nonsupervisory workers were up 3 percent from a year earlier, to $785.55. [...]

Published
2019

47. We are in the twilight years of the post-WWII baby boom

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Reports, Birth rates -- Forecasts and trends -- Statistics, Labor force -- Forecasts and trends -- Demographic aspects -- Social aspects, Religious beliefs -- Social aspects, Baby boom generation -- Forecasts and trends -- Statistics, Emigration and immigration, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released its latest statistics on U.S. births. Boring, you say. Not so. Historic birth patterns tell [...]

Published
2019

48. Economists often don't know what they're talking about

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Reports, Economists -- Evaluation, Economic forecasting, Labor market, Job creation, Economic indicators, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson The most intriguing and indisputable thing we have learned about economists in recent decades is that they don't know nearly as much as they thought they [...]

Published
2019

49. The $100 trillion question: What to do about wealth?

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Reports, Equality -- Economic aspects -- Surveys, Distribution of wealth -- Forecasts and trends -- Surveys, Americans, Personal income, Rich people, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson We live in an age obsessed with economic inequality. There is too much of it, most people seem to agree. After President Trump -- his personality, [...]

Published
2019

50. No, robots are not coming for your jobs

Author

Samuelson, Robert J.

Subjects
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects, Technological unemployment -- Forecasts and trends, Robots -- Economic aspects, Global economy, Ghosts, Artificial intelligence, Robotics industry, Market trend/market analysis, Robot, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Robert J. Samuelson An unsettling specter haunts the world economy: a future of ubiquitous robots that destroy millions of jobs. Sometimes this is called 'artificial intelligence'; sometimes it isn't. [...]

Published
2019

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