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30 September 2014

Not all books are created equal

The FRED Blog

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The Biggest Problem in American Politics

Reihan Salam
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Filed under: Politics

Scott Brown won his primary. Now he wants to be the first multi-state senator in 135 years

Andrew Prokop
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Filed under: History, Politics

29 September 2014

The economics of reclining your airplane seat aren’t so simple

James Johnson
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Filed under: Market Failure

The Jobless Rate: The Worst Benchmark, Except for All the Others

Binyamin Appelbaum

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Filed under: Labor, Society, Statistics

US health care in international context: the very picture of an outlier

Jared Bernstein
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Filed under: Market Failure

26 September 2014

“Force” arguments continue to be the rhetorical backwater of idiots

Matt Bruenig
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What The Economist could have read before suggesting that U.S. slavery wasn’t all bad

Chris Blattman
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Filed under: History

Commentary: Subprime Thinking

Bill McBride
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Filed under: Housing

25 September 2014

Don’t Know Much Revisionist History

Jamelle Bouie
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Filed under: History, Meta

4th Down: When to Go for It and Why

David Leonhardt
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The class war in American politics is over. The rich won.

Nick Carnes
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Filed under: Society

24 September 2014

8 facts that explain what’s wrong with American health care

Sarah Kliff
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Filed under: Market Failure, Society

Is America's health care underperformance a myth?

Noah Smith
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3 sentences no one should forget about unions

Ezra Klein
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Filed under: Labor

23 September 2014

Market Basket’s Employees Were More Important Than Its Shareholders

Justin Fox
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Filed under: Labor, Micro

The Axis is back

Noah Smith
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Filed under: History, Society

Quits and layoffs

The FRED Blog
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Filed under: Labor

22 September 2014

A New Reason to Question the Official Unemployment Rate

David Leonhardt
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Filed under: Labor, Meta, Society

Real Americans and Real Economics

Paul Krugman
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Yellen, Wages, and Intellectual Honesty

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: Labor, Macro

19 September 2014

Mr. Piketty and the classics

Branko Milanovic
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Filed under: Macro, Meta

Chart of the Day: Welfare Reform and the Great Recession

Kevin Drum
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Filed under: History, Society

5 charts that prove it's time workers got a raise

Matthew Yglesias
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Filed under: Labor, Market Failure

18 September 2014

M2 velocity and inflation

The FRED Blog
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Filed under: Macro, Money

A conservative economist makes a devastating case against his own inflation fear-mongering

Dylan Matthews
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Filed under: Gold, Macro

Fall of the House of Vanderbilt

Jonathan Wight
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Filed under: History

17 September 2014

Inequality Delusions

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: Macro, Society

40 maps that explain the Roman Empire

Timothy B. Lee
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Filed under: History

Deutsche Bank: Ignoring food price pressures could be a mistake

Sober Look
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Filed under: Macro, Markets

16 September 2014

By all means, we should ‘politicize’ Ferguson

Paul Waldman
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Filed under: Society

RBC models we can believe in?

Noah Smith
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Filed under: Macro, Meta

What libertarians and conservatives get wrong about Ferguson

Paul Waldman
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Filed under: Society

15 September 2014

Finding old inflation data

The FRED Blog
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Filed under: History, Macro

The case against time zones: They're impractical & outdated

Matthew Yglesias argues loudly for a return to higher transactions costs for some inexplicable reason.
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Filed under: Humor, Society

The Beveridge Curve hysteresis and the long-term unemployed

Sober Look
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Filed under: Labor, Market Failure

12 September 2014

The World Bank summed up the entire global economy in one chart

Matthew Yglesias
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Filed under: Macro

The Gold Standard and Price Inflation

David Andolfatto
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Filed under: Gold, History, Macro

Obama’s critics are suddenly sure Hillary Clinton is great

Ezra Klein
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Filed under: Politics

11 September 2014

Yes, women's labor force participation matters

Noah Smith
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Filed under: History, Labor, Society

Why aren’t libertarians talking about Ferguson?

Paul Waldman
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Filed under: Philosophy, Politics

Measuring risk

The FRED Blog

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Filed under: Markets, Meta

10 September 2014

Steps and the City

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: Market Failure, Society

Has the Beveridge Curve Really Shifted?

Jared Bernstein
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Filed under: Great Recession, Labor, Macro

How Republican Craziness Is Undermining the South’s Massive Keynesian Stimulus

Mike the Mad Biologist
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Filed under: Macro, Politics

09 September 2014

This billionaire has a message about inequality other billionaires aren’t going to like

Ezra Klein
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Filed under: Society

Still No Wage Pressures to Speak Of…And Yet, People Speak of Them…

Jared Bernstein
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Filed under: Labor

Are libertarians ready to embrace a broader notion of freedom?

Noah Smith
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Filed under: Philosophy

08 September 2014

Libertarian Fantasies

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: Politics

CPI component volatility

The FRED Blog
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Filed under: Macro

White people are winning the war on whites

Christopher Ingraham
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Filed under: Society

05 September 2014

These 7 Charts Show Why the Rent Is Too Damn High

Erika Eichelberger & AJ Vicens
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Filed under: Housing

Good News on Financial Reform

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: 2008 Financial Crisis, Market Failure

Let's Hope the GAO Report Ends the Too-Big-to-Fail Subsidy Distraction

Mike Konczal
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Filed under: 2008 Financial Crisis, Market Failure

04 September 2014

The case for a maximum wage

Matthew Yglesias
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Filed under: Labor, Market Failure

Hawks Be Gone

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: Money, Politics

James Garfield, Modern Medicine, and Economics

Jonathan Wight
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Filed under: Politics, Society

03 September 2014

Broken Windows Policing Kills People

Jamelle Bouie
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Why 70% of the people killed in Israel-Gaza violence are innocent Palestinian civilians

Max Fisher
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Why the Rich Should Call for Income Redistribution

Mark Thoma
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02 September 2014

Tight rental market holding back household formation

Sober Look
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Filed under: Housing, Labor

Inflation OCD

Paul Krugman


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We Don’t Need to End “Too Big to Fail”

Eric Posner
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Filed under: 2008 Financial Crisis, Market Failure, Micro, Money

01 September 2014

Food, Energy and the Fed

WSJ's Chief Economics Correspondent Jon Hilsenrath explains inflation and why the Federal Reserve seemingly ignores food and energy prices in its index.
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Filed under: Macro, Meta, Statistics

In Investing, 'When' Matters Just as Much as 'What'

Neil Irwin
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Inflation, Unemployment, Ignorance

Paul Krugman
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Filed under: Labor, Macro
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      • Scott Brown won his primary. Now he wants to be th...
      • The economics of reclining your airplane seat aren...
      • The Jobless Rate: The Worst Benchmark, Except for ...
      • US health care in international context: the very ...
      • “Force” arguments continue to be the rhetorical ba...
      • What The Economist could have read before suggesti...
      • Commentary: Subprime Thinking
      • Don’t Know Much Revisionist History
      • 4th Down: When to Go for It and Why
      • The class war in American politics is over. The ri...
      • 8 facts that explain what’s wrong with American he...
      • Is America's health care underperformance a myth?
      • 3 sentences no one should forget about unions
      • Market Basket’s Employees Were More Important Than...
      • The Axis is back
      • Quits and layoffs
      • A New Reason to Question the Official Unemployment...
      • Real Americans and Real Economics
      • Yellen, Wages, and Intellectual Honesty
      • Mr. Piketty and the classics
      • Chart of the Day: Welfare Reform and the Great Rec...
      • 5 charts that prove it's time workers got a raise
      • M2 velocity and inflation
      • A conservative economist makes a devastating case ...
      • Fall of the House of Vanderbilt
      • Inequality Delusions
      • 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire
      • Deutsche Bank: Ignoring food price pressures could...
      • By all means, we should ‘politicize’ Ferguson
      • RBC models we can believe in?
      • What libertarians and conservatives get wrong abou...
      • Finding old inflation data
      • The case against time zones: They're impractical &...
      • The Beveridge Curve hysteresis and the long-term u...
      • The World Bank summed up the entire global economy...
      • The Gold Standard and Price Inflation
      • Obama’s critics are suddenly sure Hillary Clinton ...
      • Yes, women's labor force participation matters
      • Why aren’t libertarians talking about Ferguson?
      • Measuring risk
      • Steps and the City
      • Has the Beveridge Curve Really Shifted?
      • How Republican Craziness Is Undermining the South’...
      • This billionaire has a message about inequality ot...
      • Still No Wage Pressures to Speak Of…And Yet, Peopl...
      • Are libertarians ready to embrace a broader notion...
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      • White people are winning the war on whites
      • These 7 Charts Show Why the Rent Is Too Damn High
      • Good News on Financial Reform
      • Let's Hope the GAO Report Ends the Too-Big-to-Fail...
      • The case for a maximum wage
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      • Broken Windows Policing Kills People
      • Why 70% of the people killed in Israel-Gaza violen...
      • Why the Rich Should Call for Income Redistribution
      • Tight rental market holding back household formation
      • Inflation OCD
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