Sam Bell and Skanda Amarnath on Gross Labor Income Targeting

Published: June 17, 2019, 4:30 a.m.

Sam Bell and Skanda Amarnath are a part of a new organization called Employ America, a new research and advocacy organization that aims to get better labor market outcomes. Sam is also known on \u201cFOMC Twitter\u201d as an influencer when it comes to nominations for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Skanda is a former hedge fund economist and New York Federal Reserve research economist. Sam and Skanda join the show today to talk about gross labor income targeting and the future path of Federal Reserve policy.

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Transcript for the episode:\xa0https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/06172019/sam-bell-and-skanda-amarnath-gross-labor-income-targeting

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Sam\u2019s Twitter: @sam_a_bell

Skanda\u2019s Twitter: @IrvingSwisher

About Employ America: https://employamerica.org/about/

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Related Links:

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*Floor It! Fixing the Fed\u2019s Framework with Paychecks, Not Prices* by Skanda Amarnath

https://medium.com/@skanda_97974/floor-it-fixing-the-feds-framework-with-paychecks-not-prices-78171423e9c1

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*The Quick and Dirty Case for Cutting 50bps at the June 2019 FOMC Meeting* by Skanda Amarnath

https://medium.com/@skanda_97974/the-quick-and-dirty-case-for-cutting-50bps-at-the-june-2019-fomc-meeting-c0e06616f0ad

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*Fed Inches Toward Rate Cut as Trade War Frays Patience* by Christopher Condon and Steve Matthews

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-05/fed-inches-toward-rate-cut-as-trump-s-trade-war-frays-patience

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David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth