<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Demand Side]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Demand Side]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:45:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thedemandside.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mad About Affordability? Trump’s Tariffs are to Blame]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy released a report that detailed who exactly has paid the costs of President Trump’s tariffs. In a scathing indictment of the Trump Administration’s claim that foreign entities will “eat” the tariffs, resulting in no increased costs to everyday Americans, researchers at Kiel estimated that 96% of the tariff burden has been borne by US consumers and businesses. Of the $200 billion in tariff revenue raised in 2025, $192 billion represents value...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/mad-about-affordability-trump-s-tariffs-are-to-blame</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6979219cfbb97394b28740fc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:42:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_bf3c50bfc9a2429db72077a1ddad0a29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_873,h_583,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Economic Agenda: Mercantilism and Data Dishonesty ]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Trump has been known to nominate those with questionable credentials to important positions, but his recent moves do more than...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/trump-s-economic-agenda-mercantilism-and-data-dishonesty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689b53791b954e09d4d86321</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:40:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_98cd606eb15b4eddacb40dc087c5b7a3~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Bidenomics “Failed”]]></title><description><![CDATA[With unemployment standing at 3.7 percent, down from 6.3 percent when President Biden took office, and labor force participation up 1.5...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/why-bidenomics-failed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65832669813ca9722c809473</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 14:47:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_a08fd2ee2d1840aabf8f058bcd3460c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden Should Tap Seth Carpenter to Replace Vice Chair Brainard]]></title><description><![CDATA[As former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board Lael Brainard takes up her role as head of President Biden’s National Economic Council...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/biden-should-tap-seth-carpenter-to-replace-vice-chair-brainard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6403565601c2201991d2be7d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 15:05:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_61261f5497d44f3eb6097764322c97c2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_587,h_399,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Selective Myopia and Political Convenience of Inflation Dynamics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public discourse surrounding the US Federal Reserve has been mired as of late by widespread discontent with regard to the series of...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/the-selective-myopia-and-political-convenience-of-inflation-dynamics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633610831918af4b26fa2cc6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:50:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_c02b11fdb7884b97995bdb4e795332a0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_820,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress’s Sleight of Hand]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday of this week, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. A piece of legislative text ostensibly geared...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/congress-s-sleight-of-hand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62ffe38cca11a2909a1a6d9e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:25:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_9b9ce7f869bb44b386bf4d63c211114c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Time Really is Different]]></title><description><![CDATA[To combat what seems like a prolonged period of runaway inflation, the Federal Reserve has stated it plans to raise interest rates six...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/this-time-really-is-different</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6231f759ca6504124100a396</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:45:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_26de75f75a0042eaa0f8985c2d873ff1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Time to Accelerate Tapering]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inflation numbers released last Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed an annual increase of 6.8% in the Consumer Price Index, a...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/it-s-time-to-accelerate-tapering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b4e6793f7f60001653ced6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:29:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_73adf640ae5a43dca3941ab63b238abd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_594,h_396,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abolish the Debt Ceiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much talk in recent weeks has been about the need for Congress to once again raise the debt ceiling, otherwise risk widespread default on...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/abolish_the_debt_ceiling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613bb1654d40ce00160a1a40</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:01:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_3fccf5fca4654d579d9988fc7ec4d65a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Frontline Missed: The Counterfactual of Fed Intervention]]></title><description><![CDATA[PBS Frontline released a documentary Tuesday, The Power of the Fed, and it has everyone talking—and not just those who work in finance....]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/what-frontline-missed-the-counterfactual-of-fed-intervention</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f0503eeda83c00151b209a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 01:12:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_b86ac75207994f7fbf766de55b742631~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_838,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden and the Real Worst. Generation. Ever.]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who have seen the opening episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, one of the first things that typically comes to mind is the...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/biden-and-the-real-worst-generation-ever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60a1d376bc29ae0015d6db75</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:25:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_f072a0866ae3438fa0a99c46a3a105fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_594,h_297,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clarida is Right; Now Isn't the Time to Tighten]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an interview on CNBC's Closing Bell last week, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida made clear to viewers that now isn't the...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/clarida-is-right-now-isn-t-the-time-to-tighten</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609c03321fb3770015180d57</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 16:33:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_2cf65db16faf4991bcca9764bddbed5f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_985,h_663,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden's Infrastructure Plan Does More Than Just Rebuild the Country]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden is doing something economists and policy wonks have been begging legislators to do for years yet no party has been...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/biden-s-infrastructure-bill-does-more-than-just-rebuild-the-country</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60620135432b790015a3b50a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 22:33:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_a419cd4e04dd4b2481f93fa149f7a452~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Permanent Solution to the Minimum Wage]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the Biden administration starting to hit its stride in its second week, putting forth policy proposals that, for the most part, are...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/a_permanent_solution_to_the_minimum_wage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600ed1ebee0caa001729070d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 17:21:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_63a29fd2e32c44a6bfa167fc5492c9e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Check His Record, Bernanke Knows New Tools Are Needed]]></title><description><![CDATA[At an economic conference in San Diego last week, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke presented a paper outlining two...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/check_his_record_bernanke_knows_new_tools_are_needed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e52f625bc6651001775c1e1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:32:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_e6d1f63e8fbe45968852dc75fa85e299~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Consequences of Punishing Banks for Using the Discount Window]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may be surprised to learn that the Federal Reserve closely monitors something that has nothing to do with employment, interest rates,...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/punishing_banks_for_using_discount_window</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e52f62500bf180017069dd4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:54:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_e7281d81cca746e49f1eaaa6ad930dae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_995,h_696,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Continual Conflation of Socialism and Social Programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the craziness on Capitol Hill occupying our daily intake of media, I thought we could take a break from the barrage of political...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/socialism_and_social_programs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e52f6255d34f0001738c99f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_90196cd7c07346e6b5ba518a63580077~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are We Asking Too Much of Central Bankers?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you had to guess, what would you say are the top priorities of the world’s foremost central bankers?  Economists like myself would say...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/are_we_asking_too_much_of_central_bankers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e52f62534d5e3001700ca5f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_ce5b600355e24cf8bcdf87bf5c6697d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_950,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An End to the Dollar's Reign?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial piece titled The Dollar May Be Knocked Off Its Pedestal  which discussed,...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/an_end_to_the_dollar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e52f6252b37f1001715443f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:55:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_eb9ef762d8d94c158f9d858a231c9985~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has Congress Forgotten What Happened in 2008?]]></title><description><![CDATA[After witnessing the devastating impact the Great Recession had on the American economy, and the reckless banking practices that served...]]></description><link>https://www.thedemandside.com/post/has_congress_forgotten_2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e52f62559a4a00017e5670c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1ce1a6_875fd5030beb4945b172d639d1ee2214~mv2_d_3286_2785_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Edward Brown</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>