Hal Singer

2 months ago | thesling.org | Hal Singer |David Berri |Venu Julapalli

Imagine two business partners, Sue and Steve, form a company. The company finds success and is acquired by a larger competitor. After the sale has been consummated but before the payment has arrived, Sue seeks to dissolve the partnership, asserting that Steve does not deserve any of the proceeds from the sale.

Aug 15, 2024 | thesling.org | Kenny Stancil |Hal Singer

Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman took to the pages of the gray lady on August 13 to stress the importance of central bank independence. The piece was a response to recent comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance, both of whom have argued that presidents should have a “say” in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions.

Jul 4, 2024 | wagesofwins.substack.com | David Berri |Hal Singer |Darren Bush

Okay, can’t resist that title!I recently had the great privilege of being on a podcast called The Slingshot (a great name!). This podcast comes from The Sling, a website that aims to be “the source for progressive antitrust and consumer protection law and economics.”  In a broader sense, The Sling is focused on how people with power exploit those who don’t have power.

Jun 12, 2024 | thesling.org | Hal Singer |Darren Bush

Neoliberal columnist Matt Yglesias recently weighed into antitrust policy in Bloomberg, claiming falsely that the “hipsters” in charge of Biden’s antitrust agencies were abandoning consumers and the war on high prices. Yglesias thinks this deviation from consumer welfare makes for bad policy during our inflationary moment. I have a thread that explains all the things he got wrong.

Mar 20, 2024 | levernews.com | Hal Singer

Much of modern economics borrows from physics. Some of these appropriations, like how the scientific concept of maximum energy has influenced the study of consumer behavior, proved immensely valuable. But somewhere along the way, neoliberals and economic pundits misappropriated a physics concept — the conservation of energy — to fend off any attack on hidden fees or ill-gotten profits.