Tag Archives: labor market

Is the economy in worse shape than the Obama defenders suggest? Um, yes.

YESTERDAY on Twitter, economist Justin Wolfers, whose wife is on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tweeted out the following: Bottom line: Demographics are driving labor force participation rate down. It’s here to stay. Get used to it. #BPEA pic.twitter.com/bGrtfvNfyw — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) September 12, 2014 That post was a follow up to a post […]

College Student Loan Debt: A Tale of Two Time Periods

THE Brookings Institute released a study earlier this week arguing that “the impact of student loans may not be as dire as many commentators fear.”  The authors of the study arrive at this conclusion by examining data from the Federal Reserve tracking student loan debt between 1989 and 2010.  Their key findings include: Roughly one-quarter […]