Category Archives: U.S.

American unemployment rate drops to 8.2 % but job creation still unsatisfactory

Posted on April 9, 2012 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics reported last week that the unemployment rate fell to 8.2 % . But the total number of new jobs added was a disappointing 83,000 below what the market had been expecting so bearish sentiment … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich has an excellent op ed in Financial Times: U.S.Recovery so far Benefits largely go to top 10 %.

Posted on April 2, 2012 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Robert Reich who throughout this crash and crisis has produced a steady stream of excellent articles on the origins of the crisis and appropriate policies to get out of it and critiques of anti-Keynesian thinking has an excellent article in … Continue reading →

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The Deficit:Hysteria and the Current Crisis

Posted on October 11, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

DeficitPapers-Chapter 2 – This essay  originally written in 1983-84 and the introduction to it (1992) was reprinted in my book with Phillip Hansen Toward a Humanist Political Economy published in 1992. I am including it here because it contains analysis … Continue reading →

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Multipliers, stimulus and jobs

Posted on September 30, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

One of the components of a Keynesian strategy is the concept of the investment multiplier first introduced by R.F. Kahn in 1931( there were also several other economists in this era who developed a comparable concept around the same time … Continue reading →

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In search of the Non Walrasian Labour Market Model in the Age of Globalization

Posted on September 20, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

In Search of the non Walrasian labour market model in the era of Globalization by Harold R.Chorney, Professor, graduate program in public policy and public administration; Concordia university, Montreal, Quebec                      … Continue reading →

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The Theory of the Business Cycle in Hayek, Keynes and Schumpeter

Posted on September 13, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The paper below is a preliminary version of a chapter in my forthcoming book. I first presented this at a conference of Heterodox Economics in London ,  U.K. in 2001. The tech crash was in the air and unemployment had … Continue reading →

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September 11 2011

Posted on September 11, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

It is a sombre day of remembrance for people all over the world who were affected by September 11th, 2001. Close to 3000 people were killed in the barbaric terrorist attack on New York and Washington. Most were Americans but … Continue reading →

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The roots of the American Federal Reserve and the Progressive era:Useful history to guide us in the current crisis

Posted on September 4, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Among the few 1000 books in my library is a blue covered paperback with a green and black business cycle imposed on it with a photo of President Woodrow Wilson in the last peak to trough. I bought this book … Continue reading →

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The Long ”Recession” Deepens:American job creation at a standstill

Posted on September 3, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The alarm bells should be ringing at the White House and in the halls of Congress at the latest economic numbers in the painful prolonged battle to restore prosperity to America. We are now a full two years since the … Continue reading →

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Poli 363 Fall, 2011

Posted on August 29, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 363 fall 2011 Poli 363 Fall 2011 . Course outline Canadian Public Policy :Eight Policy Problems Professor Harold Chorney “In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University’s control, the content and/or evaluation scheme in this course is subject … Continue reading →

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