Changes coming to the blog: I'm intending to resume more active blogging, only now I'll be adding commentary and ideas on higher education and the future of teaching, as well as economics issues. After 3-4 years of strategic planning at my college, experimentation in my own classes, and the founding of Malartu.org, I think I have a few things to add to the conversations.
Day: March 24, 2014
US Federal Budget – Links
Links for in-class discussion on US Federal Budget and fiscal policy: nationalpriorities.org Wikipedia on US Federal Budget White House and Office of Mgt and Budget on 2015 Budget Actual 2015 US Budget Proposal - from Govt Printing Office (pdf of graphs/tables)
Intergenerational Transfers, Social Security, and Medicare
The presentation I'm making to some open classes on campus this week and to a community group in early May. Bottom-line: When media pundits and politicians tell us that the older generation is "screwing" the younger generation, they're lying. There sound economic theoretical and empirical reasons for intergenerational transfer programs and social compacts like Social … Continue reading Intergenerational Transfers, Social Security, and Medicare
