Hadas Thier explains how the Chicago school of economics dominates the government’s response to inflation.
Tag: Economics
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Was it socialism or a capitalist conspiracy that tanked Venezuela’s economy?
And why did Trump want to invade?
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The ACLU wants the mayor and the City Council to amend the ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance for immigrants, and other Chicago news
Also, Governor Bruce Rauner gets a new chief of staff from a high-profile conservative group following the tense budget battle.
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Chicago’s population decline continues for the third year in a row, and other news
Also, the Obama library spurs residential real estate development in South Shore.
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Durbin compares Trump to former governor Rod Blagojevich, and other Chicago news
Also, Apple is almost 40 percent more valuable than Chicago.
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How to deal with a glut of part-time academics? Make them full-time
The American Association of University Professors wants to convert nearly all part-time faculty jobs to full-time tenured positions.
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Chicago police union hires Jason Van Dyke, and other news
Also, don’t rule out a 2019 mayoral run from Cook County sheriff Tom Dart.
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The Doughnut Vault, Hewn, and the problem of pastry scarcity
Are bakeries deliberately encouraging a scarcity of pastry?
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The economic argument against drug prohibition
An interview with University of Chicago economist and vice specialist Jim Leitzel
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This one’s for all the euros
All our economic woes could be solved if Greece beats Germany at Euro 2012 today
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A new interest in the economy
On Obama’s coming jobs speech, another stimulus, and the need to bone up on economics.
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The Most Depressing Article I Will Have Read This Week
Unemployment, unhappy employment, and kurzarbeit
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“The Structural Unemployment Nobel”*
Northwestern’s Dale Mortensen wins the Nobel Prize in economics.
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An Economist’s Argument for Food Trucks
A Harvard economist argues that food trucks encourage comparatively low-risk culinary experimentation.