A Semi-Platonic Dialogue About Secular Stagnation, Asymmetric Risks, Federal Reserve Policy, and the Role of Model-Building in Guiding Economic Policy

Live from Over the Mississippi: Duncan Black: Crazy Ideas: "I'm so old I remember when only sucky bloggers living in basements...

...said this kind of thing:

[New York Times Editorial Board:] This election season offers an opportunity to reframe the debate over Social Security. It is necessary, of course, to ensure the program’s long-term health beyond 2034, when the system is projected to come up short. But this can’t be done by broadly cutting benefits. In fact, there’s mounting evidence that Social Security, which has become ever more important in retirement, needs to be expanded.

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