should be a top policy priority. Furthermore, as a practical matter, a lower-valued dollar is the only plausible mechanism …. The final section discusses mechanisms for lowering the value of the dollar. In public debates, the value of the dollar is … to influence the value of the dollar; however it may be necessary to sacrifice other policy goals to achieve a desired …

This paper covers seven key points about the national debt, budget and trade deficits, and the dollar that the public …

the last decade. According to his analysis, it is unclear whether an additional dollar of government transfers led to any … additional spending, or, alternatively, whether it raised personal savings by more than one dollar. This paper shows that there …

-market recession. Between December 2007 – the official first month of the recession – and December 2009, the U.S. economy lost more … examines the depth of the current labor-market recession and sketches the possible recovery path under several historically …

quarter of this year have created a consensus among economists that the Great Recession is very likely over. Unfortunately …, the end of the official recession will have little visible impact on U.S. labor markets until almost 2012. Within that …

This paper looks at the problem of state budget shortfalls during the recession and calculates the number of jobs that …

In the current recession, millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Unemployment has increased nationwide to levels …