Economic Trends
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A Skewed Weltanschauung
By James J. GreenWhat's your world view? I don't mean your philosophical or political view, but literally: When you consider our world, what lies at its center?
January 19, 2016
Economists Can Tell You What You Should WantBehavioral economists have made a lot of progress in disabusing their colleagues that humans are perfectly rational. That approach, though, goes only so far.
January 07, 2016
How economics went from theory to dataThanks to the empirical boom, economists know more than ever before.
December 15, 2015
6 Key Economic Trends for 2016: SIFMAMilestones in employment and inflation seen amid steady growth.
November 24, 2015
Don’t Fear the New Boss at the Minneapolis FedFor one thing, former Treasury official Neel Kashkari isnt a liquidationist, despite what Paul Krugman thinks.
November 24, 2015
Douglass North, Nobel winner for economic history, dies at 95He was the son of a MetLife manager.
November 24, 2015
Douglass North, Nobel winner for economic history, dies at 95He was the son of a MetLife manager.
November 18, 2015
Fed Minutes Signal Likely Rate Hike in DecemberA majority of Fed officials have said they expect to raise interest rates this year for the first time since 2006.