Policy
What are the macroeconomic policy tools to counter secular stagnation in the United States? (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs JUN 12, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Nick Bunker is the head of research, North America, for Indeed.com. He was previously a senior policy analyst at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Bunker holds a B.S.F.S. in international economics from Georgetown University.
Authored by Nick Bunker
Policy
Why macroeconomics should further embrace distributional economics (opens in a new tab)
Blog JUN 11, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Getting on the level with the Fed’s targeting of prices (opens in a new tab)
Blog JUN 6, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2018 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Blog JUN 5, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Puzzling over U.S. wage growth (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 29, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: March 2018 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 8, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Equitable Growth’s Jobs Day Graphs: April 2018 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 4, 2018
By: Nick Bunker, Austin Clemens, Kate Bahn
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
How inequalities of wealth matter for consumption (opens in a new tab)
Blog APR 19, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Taxation
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: February 2018 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Blog APR 13, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Issue brief: Employers may be behind the problems with U.S. hiring (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs APR 12, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The flat Phillips Curve and U.S. labor’s share of income (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 27, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: January 2018 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 16, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
What would lead to monetary overshooting by the Fed? (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 6, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Understanding the importance of household credit in high-income economies (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 28, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
How income inequality may affect U.S. interest rates (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 19, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
How does unconditional cash affect the labor market? (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 8, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 6, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Who benefits from the booming U.S. stock market? (opens in a new tab)
Blog JAN 30, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: November 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays JAN 9, 2018
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The 10 most popular Value Added posts of 2017 (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 28, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: October 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 11, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Ten years after the beginning of the Great Recession, is it time to abandon the natural rate hypothesis? (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 1, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
The blueprint for a perpetual wealth machine for the very richest U.S. families (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 9, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Taxation
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: September 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 7, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Policy rules and central bank independence (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 31, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Just how tight is the U.S. labor market? (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs OCT 12, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: August 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 11, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The forces behind the highly unequal U.S. wealth distribution (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 10, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Taxation
Policy
Old companies may be slowing down the U.S. economy (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 4, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
An update on the state of wealth inequality in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 28, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Another lesson from the 1930s for the Federal Reserve (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 19, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Markups, macroeconomics, and the changing U.S. economy (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 14, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: July 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 12, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
When the next recession hits, how will fiscal stimulus affect government debt sustainability? (opens in a new tab)
Essays AUG 31, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
The importance of equitable growth for future mobility in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays AUG 10, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: June 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays AUG 8, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Measuring potential GDP in the United States, and the case for emphasizing demand in monetary policy (opens in a new tab)
Essays AUG 7, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Recessions, recoveries, and racial employment gaps in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUL 19, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Is declining competition causing slow U.S. business investment growth? (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUL 18, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Policy
Are economic boom-and-bust cycles stronger when capital is more available? (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUL 12, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: May 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUL 11, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Equity, efficiency and education spending in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 27, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Household Economic Security
Policy
Is the Fed being misguided by the Phillips curve? (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 21, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Time for the Fed to look beyond 2 percent target inflation? (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 13, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Who loses disability insurance when it’s harder to apply? (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 12, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Household Economic Security
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: April 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 6, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Monetary policy via income redistribution (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 5, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
What unconventional policies are likely to stay in central bankers’ toolkits? (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 30, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
U.S. over-education and underemployment over the course of a lifetime (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 23, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Just how big does the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet need to be? (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 18, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
A reminder on the current size of the gig economy (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 17, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Home is where the government subsidy is (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 16, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Household Economic Security
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Taxation
Policy
How the opening to China may have partially fueled the U.S. housing bubble (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 11, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Household Economic Security
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: March 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 9, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Changes in U.S. lifetime income inequality (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 8, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
Some very worrying trends in U.S. lifetime income growth (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 4, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
What’s going to reduce U.S. corporate savings? (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 3, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Policy
Should policymakers worry about the level of debt or the pace of credit growth? (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAY 1, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Macro-prudential financial regulations versus capital controls (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 25, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Taxation
Policy
What would rules-based monetary policy look like? (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 20, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
U.S. income inequality trends in the 21st century (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 17, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
A new way to look at how U.S. firms affect their workers’ pay now and in the future (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 12, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: February 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 11, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
How corporate profit-shifting distorts the measurement of U.S. productivity (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 10, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Policy
Time for an inflation rethink? (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 5, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Another take on declining productivity growth in high-income countries (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 28, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
What kind of fiscal policy works best at the zero lower bound? (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 23, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
How life experiences affect the views of U.S. monetary policymakers (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 21, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: January 2017 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 16, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Changing sources of inflationary pressures in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 15, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
A potentially new and rising concern: inflation inequality in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 14, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
The connection between U.S. unemployment and rising opioid abuse (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 7, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Thinking about levels when it comes to macroeconomic policy targets (opens in a new tab)
Essays MAR 2, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Declining business dynamism and illusive allocative efficiency (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 28, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Policy
What’s the problem a U.S. corporate tax cut will solve? (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 23, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Policy
Modeling the decline in U.S. interest rates (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 14, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2016 Report Edition (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 7, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
What’s behind the decline in U.S. interest rates? (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 6, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
An uncertain time at the Federal Reserve (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 1, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Demographics, robots, and global economic growth (opens in a new tab)
Essays JAN 24, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
When recessions happen, who’s most at risk? (opens in a new tab)
Essays JAN 23, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Outsourcing and rising wage inequality in the United States and Germany (opens in a new tab)
Essays JAN 18, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Rising U.S. business concentration and the decline in labor’s share of income (opens in a new tab)
Essays JAN 10, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
U.S labor market tightness, hiring, and the decline in job switching (opens in a new tab)
Essays JAN 4, 2017
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The 10 most popular Value Added posts of 2016 (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 22, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Policy
Is U.S. investment capital flowing to the best possible destinations? (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 15, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Policy
What could boost U.S. business investment? (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 13, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Policy
The importance of equitable growth to absolute mobility in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 8, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
How tight is the U.S. labor market? And how tight do we want it? (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 7, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Lack of market competition, rising profits, and a new way to look at the division of income in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 22, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Policy
An update on the U.S. labor market from the September JOLTS report (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 9, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Technological change and upskilling in the labor market (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 3, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Business taxation, retained earnings, and measuring income inequality (opens in a new tab)
Essays NOV 2, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Taxation
Policy
Recessions happen. But how often? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 31, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Is monopsony important for understanding the U.S. labor market? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 27, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
What does macroeconomic policy look like when people aren’t perfectly rational? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 26, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
New research on market power and productivity (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 25, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Policy
What are the effects of cash transfers on U.S. workers across generations? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 20, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Yellen poses important post-Great Recession macroeconomic questions (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 18, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
How much bigger can the U.S. labor force get? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 13, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
A Nobel Prize for modeling contracts (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 12, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Do extended U.S. unemployment insurance benefits reduce employment? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 11, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Why do long-term unemployed Americans face difficulties finding jobs? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 6, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Thinking about U.S. antitrust enforcement in the 21st century (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 5, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Geographic mismatch might not be a big deal for U.S. unemployment (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 29, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
What’s the optimal tax for capital income? (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 28, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Policy
Underemployment for recent U.S. college graduates (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 26, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Declining U.S. labor mobility is about more than geography (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 22, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
Equitable Growth’s inaugural grantee conference (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 21, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Policy
Unemployment and models of U.S. consumption (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 20, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The private sector offers up new U.S. home mortgage options (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 15, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Who pays U.S. taxes on inheritances? (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 13, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Taxation
Policy
How intensely are U.S. employers looking for workers? (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 12, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
The U.S. corporate income tax in a time of high profits (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 8, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Policy
Inequality of income, wealth, or consumption? How about all three? (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 7, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Looking beyond GDP when measuring welfare (opens in a new tab)
Essays SEP 1, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
How often do Americans not pay federal taxes and receive government assistance? (opens in a new tab)
Essays AUG 31, 2016
By: Nick Bunker
Taxation
Media Mentions
The labor market is the best it’s been since 1970 — but not if you want a raise (opens in a new tab)
In the News JUN 6, 2018
Media Mention in:
The Washington Post
The U.S. labor market just hit a key level that we haven’t seen since 1970 (opens in a new tab)
In the News JUN 5, 2018
Media Mention in:
Bloomberg
What President Trump doesn’t understand about job creation (and destruction) (opens in a new tab)
In the News JAN 24, 2017
Opinion in:
Vox
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