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Category: Macroeconomics

This Is Bad Stock Market News
Journalism, Macroeconomics

This Is Bad Stock Market News

6 Sep 2020 20 Sep 2020

When stocks go up, is that good? And when they go down, it’s bad? That apparently is what many financial reporters assume, and they keep reminding us of it. …

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This Is the World’s Other Existential Crisis (Why Isn’t It In the News?)
Journalism, Macroeconomics

This Is the World’s Other Existential Crisis (Why Isn’t It In the News?)

16 Aug 2019 9 Oct 2020

Climate change is an “existential” crisis facing the world — at least according to news headlines. But there’s another looming crisis of the existential variety, that few reporters ever …

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Elizabeth Warren, Libertarian
Macroeconomics

Elizabeth Warren, Libertarian

7 Jan 2019 18 Aug 2020

U.S. progressives have lionized Senator Elizabeth Warren as champion of the 99 percent against the powers of Wall Street. But how many have looked up her views on education? …

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Who Is An Economist?
Journalism, Macroeconomics

Who Is An Economist?

1 Jan 2019 21 Aug 2020

Can someone be an economist, without a Ph.D. degree in the subject? The unwritten rule in USA is: No. This can get awkward. The chairman of the Federal Reserve …

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