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Home » Economics

Tag: Economics

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Was it socialism or a capitalist conspiracy that tanked Venezuela’s economy?

by Deanna Isaacs August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

And why did Trump want to invade?

Posted inBlogs

The ACLU wants the mayor and the City Council to amend the ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance for immigrants, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 11, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Governor Bruce Rauner gets a new chief of staff from a high-profile conservative group following the tense budget battle.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s population decline continues for the third year in a row, and other news

by Kate Shepherd May 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Obama library spurs residential real estate development in South Shore.

Posted inBlogs

Durbin compares Trump to former governor Rod Blagojevich, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Apple is almost 40 percent more valuable than Chicago.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How to deal with a glut of part-time academics? Make them full-time

by Deanna Isaacs April 12, 2016August 18, 2021

The American Association of University Professors wants to convert nearly all part-time faculty jobs to full-time tenured positions.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago police union hires Jason Van Dyke, and other news

by Kate Shepherd April 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, don’t rule out a 2019 mayoral run from Cook County sheriff Tom Dart.

Posted inBlogs

The Doughnut Vault, Hewn, and the problem of pastry scarcity

by Aimee Levitt August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Are bakeries deliberately encouraging a scarcity of pastry?

Posted inBlogs

The economic argument against drug prohibition

by Mick Dumke March 8, 2013August 19, 2021

An interview with University of Chicago economist and vice specialist Jim Leitzel

Posted inBlogs

This one’s for all the euros

by Asher Klein June 22, 2012August 19, 2021

All our economic woes could be solved if Greece beats Germany at Euro 2012 today

Posted inBlogs

A new interest in the economy

by Steve Bogira August 30, 2011August 19, 2021

On Obama’s coming jobs speech, another stimulus, and the need to bone up on economics.

Posted inBlogs

The Most Depressing Article I Will Have Read This Week

by Whet Moser January 5, 2011August 19, 2021

Unemployment, unhappy employment, and kurzarbeit

Posted inBlogs

Way Down in a Hole

by Whet Moser October 11, 2010August 19, 2021

The Spire is just the latest hole to get foreclosed on.

Posted inBlogs

“The Structural Unemployment Nobel”*

by Whet Moser October 11, 2010August 19, 2021

Northwestern’s Dale Mortensen wins the Nobel Prize in economics.

Posted inBlogs

An Economist’s Argument for Food Trucks

by Whet Moser September 10, 2010August 19, 2021

A Harvard economist argues that food trucks encourage comparatively low-risk culinary experimentation.

Posted inBlogs

The Art of Labor

by Whet Moser August 6, 2010August 19, 2021

Sarah Kavage, grain, and the end of the world

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