Manhattan Institute | Allison Schrager

Biden Has to Learn the Same Lesson as SVB

Allison Schrager — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

The US government has been borrowing and spending as if interest rates would be low forever. Now the Piper wants a word.

Reforming Social Security

Andrew G. Biggs — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Risk Talking podcast Reforming Social Security

Econ Discussion Series: Asset Valuation, ESG, and the Future of Markets

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Don't Make the Same Mistake as SVB with Your 401(k)

Allison Schrager — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Treasuries aren’t always the safest asset in your portfolio. Your risk depends on the type of bond and what you need the money for.

Can Silicon Valley Remake Itself?

Allison Schrager — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Rising interest rates and the end of easy money threaten the tech mecca’s current model. Can Silicon Valley Remake Itself?

Less Work Is Making People More Unhappy

Allison Schrager — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

A four-day week is the ultimate worker fantasy, yet we’re already working less than previous generations and feeling more burned out.

How the Federal Reserve Became Too Big to Fail

Allison Schrager — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

A conversation with Jeanna Smialek, author of Limitless, on how a succession of crises expanded the central bank’s powers in ways the public has yet to understand.

The Uses and Abuses of Debt

Robert Inman — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Risk Talking podcast The Uses and Abuses of Debt

Fed's Credibility Can't Take a Soft Landing

Allison Schrager — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500

If it doesn’t want to push the economy into recession, the central bank will probably have to abandon its 2% inflation target.

New Economic Challenges, New Supply-Side Playbook: How Congress Can Fight the Next Recession

Allison Schrager — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Despite the persistence of a strong job market, the conventional wisdom among business and academic economists forecasts a recession in 2023.

Biden Can't Pay for Everything by Just Taxing the Wealthy

Allison Schrager — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Everyone — not just the highest earners — will need to ante up more if we want to pay for all the new government Democrats envision.

Men Dropping Out of the Workforce: A Sign of More Opportunities for Everyone?

Allison Schrager — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

After decades of gains in earnings and opportunity, economically empowered women are in a stronger position to support households with nonworking men.

How to Hedge Life

Allison Schrager — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Often criticized, risk-management tools remain the best defense from panic, superstition, and the politicization of public policy. How to Hedge Life

When Our Relationship to Government Changed

Price Fishback — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Risk Talking podcast When Our Relationship to Government Changed

We're Probably All Wrong about Interest Rates

Allison Schrager — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

The widely accepted idea that rates will eventually fall back to pre-pandemic levels is based on economic theories that may turn out to be backward.

A Convenient Political Target

Allison Schrager — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

President Biden’s proposed tax hike on stock buybacks is misguided. A Convenient Political Target

Making Sense of the U.S. Health-Care System

Chris Pope — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Risk Talking podcast Making Sense of the U.S. Health-Care System

Are You the Next Steve Jobs? Good Luck Raising Money in 2023

Allison Schrager — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Rising interest rates, and lessons learned, will make investors think twice before taking big risks on unproven founders.

Fiscal Fault Lines

Allison Schrager — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

A risk-based case for taking inflation and the national debt more seriously Fiscal Fault Lines

Gen Z, It's Not Good to Have Your Boss Hate You

Allison Schrager — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

For any young worker who needs to hear this, your power in the labor market won’t last and quietly quitting could be setting you up to get loudly fired.

Allison Schrager on the Danger of "Zero-Sum" Economic Thinking

Allison Schrager — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

A Soft Landing Won't Mean the Economy Is Safe

Allison Schrager — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Even a “Goldilocks” Fed will have to deal with the three bears of inflation, disease and politics.

The One True Secret to Successful Investing

Allison Schrager — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

After 2022’s stomach-churning roller-coaster ride, we clearly need to be reminded of the most basic rule in finance — the one investors forget most often.

Unsecure

Allison Schrager — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500

The omnibus spending bill puts our retirement system on an even less sustainable basis. Unsecure

We'll Return to the Office in 2023 But Not to Stores

Allison Schrager — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Three years after Covid-19 panicked the world, we’re beginning to see that many of the painful changes the pandemic made to our lives will be permanent.