Adam Ozimek is a senior economist at Moody\u2019s Analytics where he covers U.S. labor markets and demographics while actively blogging and tweeting about a wide range economic issues. He joins the show today to discuss mistakes in Fed policy and demographics. David and Adam also discuss the role demand played in the Great Recession, the link between population growth and inflation, and why the economy is experiencing weak productivity growth.
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Transcript for the episode:\xa0https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/11192018/adam-ozimek-inflation-migration-and-productivity
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Adam\u2019s Twitter: @ModeledBehavior
Adam\u2019s blog: https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints
Adam\u2019s website: https://www.adamozimek.com
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If you would like access to *The Fed\u2019s Mistake*, you can email Adam at Adam.Ozimek@moodys.com to request the paper.
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*Population Growth and Inflation* by Adam Ozimek
https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=a7c139c0-2b8c-4abf-9b65-bd8b11392939&app=eccafile
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*Declining Business Dynamism in the United States: A Look at States and Metros* by Ian Hathaway and Robert Litan
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/declining_business_dynamism_hathaway_litan.pdf
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*The role of Entrepreneurship in US Job Creation and Economic Dynamism* by Ryan Decker et. al
http://econweb.umd.edu/~haltiwan/JEP_DHJM.pdf
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*The Migration Accelerator: Labor Mobility, Housing, and Aggregate Demand* by Greg Howard
http://economics.mit.edu/files/12236
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*Aging and the Productivity Puzzle* by Mark Zandi, Adam Ozimek, and Dante DeAntonio
https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/commentary/300374/Aging-and-the-Productivity-Puzzle/
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David\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth