Ed DolaninBasic IncomeWork Disincentives Hit the Near-Poor Hardest. Better Cash Assistance Could Help.America’s social safety net is full of snares for the unwary. Integrated Cash Assistance could fix many of its problems.·17 min read·May 9, 2022--1--1
Ed DolaninMarkerEven at Today’s High Gas Prices, Driving Is Extremely CheapThe price that matters is how long you have to work to drive your car 100 miles·3 min read·Dec 6, 2021--2--2
Ed DolaninGENThe Taliban Have an Economic Crisis on Their HandsAfghanistan‘s new leadership has some tough choices to make if they want to avoid hyperinflation·5 min read·Oct 27, 2021--3--3
Ed DolaninAge of AwarenessCarbon Pricing: The Tool that Makes All Other Tools Work BetterCarbon pricing is not an ideology, it is just a tool. A uniquely versatile one.·14 min read·Oct 5, 2021--2--2
Ed DolaninBasic IncomeWould a UBI End Everything We Love About America? No.No, Prof. Mankiw, better social protections, even a full-out UBI, would not undermine the things we love about America.·5 min read·Sep 22, 2021--3--3
Ed DolaninAge of AwarenessCarbon Pricing as a Tool of Deep DecarbonizationCarbon pricing can do more than simply slow emissions. Properly implemented, it can achieve true deep decarbonization.·12 min read·Sep 19, 2021--1--1
Ed DolaninAge of AwarenessThe Thriller “Debt Bomb”: Fake and Real Threats to America’s EconomyThe novel Debt Bomb is a warning to America of a fiscal crisis. What threats are real and what are fake?·10 min read·Sep 15, 2021--4--4
Ed DolanWill Hyperinflation Be Afghanistan’s Next Affliction?All signs suggest that Afghanistan is in for a rough ride under the Taliban. Hyperinflation may be on the way.·6 min read·Aug 23, 2021--2--2
Ed DolaninBasic IncomeCan Guaranteed Income for the 21st Century End Poverty as we Know It?A new version of basic income promises to abolish absolute poverty as we know it. With some tweaks, it just might do that.·17 min read·Jul 8, 2021--9--9
Ed DolaninMarkerWho’s Afraid of the Phillips Curve?US inflation has been rising. Should we panic?·12 min read·Jun 27, 2021--3--3
