Articles of Interest

Collection of articles dedicated to various aspects of economics 

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What Happened When These Places Raised the Minimum Wage to $15

NYC and other cities are already testing the waters.

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Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’

The scientist and author on why humanity’s endless expansion must stop.

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Hold That Recession: U.S. Indicators Are Trouncing Forecasts

The U.S. economy is outperforming expectations by the most this year, offering a fresh rebuttal to last month’s resurgent recession fears fu

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Here's why your workplace health insurance is so expensive

While your employer shoulders a large chunk of your medical premiums, you're still on the hook for thousands of dollars in costs. Here's how much you're paying for health insurance.

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My Brush with Behavioral Economics

Should I sell a musical instrument for triple the price I expected? It all depends

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Opinion | Labor Shortage May Imperil Growth

A lack of qualified workers boosts wages but makes it hard for businesses to expand.

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Bill Gates: 'Economists don't actually understand macroeconomics'

Economics is predictably unpredictable, says Microsoft's co-founder in an interview.

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Trump's latest Fed tweet is 'irresponsible': economist

President Trump’s latest attack on the Federal Reserve has him calling central bank officials “boneheads,” for not cutting interest rates to

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End of Era: Passive Equity Funds Surpass Active in Epic Shift

(Bloomberg) -- It’s official: inexpensive index funds and ETFs have finally eclipsed old-fashioned stock pickers.Passive investing styles ha

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Trump Adds to Pressure on Fed, Seeking Rates of Zero ‘Or Less’

President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to a level typically reserved for recessions or periods of persistently weak growth, suggesting that such a setting could allow the government to refinance Treasury debt at a lower cost.

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U.S. consumer inflation expectations decline to a new low: NY Fed...

U.S. consumers' inflation expectations slid in August and workers grew more...

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What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves

In the era of Big Data, we’ve come to believe that, with enough information, human behavior is predictable. But number crunching can lead us perilously wrong.

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The New York Times: Andrew Yang Says Economic Incentives Are Crucial for Climate Action.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2019/democrats-climate-town-hall/andrew-yang-climate-change

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Stop Blaming America’s Poor for Their Poverty

In Japan, people work hard, few abuse drugs, crime is minimal and single mothers are rare. The country still has lots of poverty.

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As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart With No End in Sight https://nyti.ms/2zIiltU

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Expert predicts 25% of colleges will "fail" in the next 20 years

"It's going to be brutal across American higher education," he said

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ProPublica: The Extortion Economy: How Insurance Companies Are Fueling a Rise in Ransomware Attacks.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-extortion-economy-how-insurance-companies-are-fueling-a-rise-in-ransomware-attacks#166952