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Immigration Reform 2013: Conservative Economists Say It Would Boost Economy

wtgcdfy wrote 13 hours ago: Immigration Reform 2013 Conservative Economists Say It Would Boost Economy Just days after the Senat … more →

Tags: reform, 2013, Economy, Immigration, would, Conservative, boost

Housing market continues to gain strength, latest figures show1 comment

Franco Manueli, Branch Manager, Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company, Inc. wrote 2 days ago: Sales of previously owned homes rose in April to the highest level in more than three years as housi … more →

Tags: Real Estate, Bloomberg, Home Demand, Home Retailers, home sales, Median Home Price, Mortgage Lenders, N.A.R., National Association of Realtors

Economists: The sequester is actually a big nothingburger

mattcover wrote 5 days ago: Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending in … more →

Tags: The Economy, Budget cuts, Democrats, Economy, GDP, Republicans, Sequester, sequestration, spending cuts

Jobs Where You Can Succeed Even If You're Awful2 comments

cafecasey wrote 5 days ago: I do a lot of career counseling, even though I’m technically a social studies teacher. Student … more →

Tags: Education reform, facebook, Al Gore, Student, Education, CNN, learnist, Teachers, New York City

Mexico banks on stronger economic growth later this year

mexicoinstitute wrote 1 week ago: Financial Times, 5/16/2013 Over the past few years, officials at Mexico’s national statistics agency … more →

Tags: Economic Integration, Business and Competitiveness, Growth, recession, Banks, Brazil, Investors, Economic, Estimates

No idea how to rescue the global economy---say the global economists

Lalitha Vaidyanathan, Ph.D. wrote 1 week ago: The following stories seemed to show clearly that the world leaders are still not reached a solution … more →

Tags: Environment, Economy, Education, Green Technologies, Economic Crisis, Crisis, Global economy

For Fresh Grads, Advice That's Not By the Numbers2 comments

Sarah wrote 1 week ago: “Just one word: Plastics.” It’s the time of year when college seniors are slipping … more →

Tags: Work, Education, Jobs, HOW TO?, College Graduates, Advice, first jobs, Advice for new grads

Total Stupidity? Or Total Hypocrisy?

Ivo Mosley wrote 1 week ago: Does any central banker seriously believe that ‘quantitative easing’ will produce spendi … more →

Tags: QE, Central Banks, Economics, Tea

People to Follow

Anirudh Acharya wrote 1 week ago: There was a question in Quora recently about who are the policy wonks who have considerable influenc … more →

Tags: Politics, India, People, Policy, Raghuram Rajan, Right Wing, subramanian swamy

Can We Do Without Economists?

lookingbeyondborders wrote 1 week ago: When the stakes are high, it is no surprise that battling political opponents use whatever support t … more →

Tags: Global economy, united states, Economy, european union, Harvard University, austerity, economic theory, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff

Home Values Expected to Jump 5.4 Percent Annually

Franco Manueli, Branch Manager, Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company, Inc. wrote 2 weeks ago: More than 100 forecasters said they expect the Zillow Home Value Index to end 2013 up an average of … more →

Tags: Real Estate, Home prices, federal reserve, Home Values, zillow, Home Financing, Zillow Home Index, Home Price Appreciation, Home Value Growth

Happy Birthday, Friedrich Hayek!3 comments

Mike wrote 2 weeks ago: Many are remembering and reflecting upon the work of Friedrich Hayek (May 8, 1899 – March 23, … more →

Tags: Economics, Liberty, Hayek, libertarianism, Birthdays, friedrich hayek, Peter Boettke

Roubini: Why I like stocks, for now

Stephen Gandel, senior editor wrote 2 weeks ago: New York University economist Nouriel Roubini comes under fire for his bullish market call. Nouriel … more →

Tags: Term Sheet, Hedge Funds, Investing, nouriel roubini, Stock Market

Crossroads - The Consequences of Inequality

Emanuele Corso wrote 2 weeks ago: May 6, 2013 Ecologist Garrett Hardin’s 1968 essay, “Tragedy of the Commons,” inspired a stream of wr … more →

Tags: On Society, social contract, Justice, antonin scalia, Truth, Tragedy of the Commons, John Roberts, Duty of Candor Before the Tribunal, Garret Hardin

Australia Central Bank cuts rate to boost growth

Jhunjhunwalas wrote 2 weeks ago: Australia cuts rate to boost growth, says FX rate still high – Central Bank News.  Australia … more →

Tags: Businees , Economic and Financial News, Currency , Currency News , Forex, Banking , Central Banks ,Monetary Policy , Interest rat, Business , Economic and finance related Information , K, GDP, Monetary Policy, Inflation, Reserve Bank of Australia, gross domestic product

SLATE retracts 'Average'

Jax Scriblerians wrote 2 weeks ago: MAY 5, 2013:  It was reported today that a kerfufle has unfolded between Slate  and local blogger Th … more →

Tags: SLATE retracts 'Average', Ad Hominem, Amherst, austerity, Average, Carmen Reinhart, cewl, cewlest, Disabled Community

The Illusion of Sustainable Growth

Matthew J. Cawson wrote 3 weeks ago: by Matt Cawson (posted 3rd May 2013; revised 8th May 2013) Politicians, as we all know, speak obsess … more →

Tags: Growth, Politics, anarchsm, Left, sustainability, Money, Pindar, Socrates, Plato

Why the government needs to change its economic policies

Chris Attrill wrote 3 weeks ago: Although the economy has grown by 0.3%  (so we avoid a triple dip recession) and borrowing has decre … more →

Tags: Economics, Current Affairs, Economy, GDP, Debt, UK, Growth, Investment

The Economist's Hustle1 comment

Bryce Laliberte wrote 3 weeks ago: The things most important in life, such as pleasure, virtue, friendship, knowledge, family, and fait … more →

Tags: capitalism, Econometrics, Economics, Ideology, Politics, Postmodernism, Academic economics, Political Ideology, simulacra


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