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11 blogs about Economics.

  1. Conversable Economist
    In Hume’s spirit, I will attempt to serve as an ambassador from my world of economics, and help in “finding topics of conversation fit for the entertainment of rational creatures.”. By Timothy Taylor. 🇺🇸 More info

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    The IMF Warns about US Budget Deficits
    The IMF publishes a Fiscal Monitor report twice a year about levels of spending and taxes around the world. The April 2024 report, subtitles “Fiscal Policy in the Great Election Year,” contains some warnings about …
    By conversableeconomist, 624 words

  2. Coppola Comment
    Finance, economics and music. By Frances Coppola. 🇬🇧 More info

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    The West must no longer tolerate Israel's human rights breaches
    My latest post at Substack examines the state of play in Gaza after six months of war. Fair to say, it is truly horrible. But more importantly, there is now overwhelming evidence that Israel has …
    By Frances Coppola, 175 words

  3. Econbrowser
    Analysis of current economic conditions and policy. By James D. Hamilton, Menzie Chinn. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Business Cycle Indicators, Mid-April
    Industrial production continues to rise, while February monthly GDP erased January’s decline. Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll employment from CES (bold blue), civilian employment (orange), industrial production (red), personal income excluding current transfers in Ch.2017$ (bold …
    By Menzie Chinn, 141 words

  4. EconLog - Econlib
    Bloggers … write on topical economics of interest to them, illuminating subjects from politics and finance, to recent films and cultural observations, to history and literature. 🇺🇸 More info

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    There Is Politician’s Talk and Politician’s Talk
    Whatever one thinks of the criminal prosecutions and state “civil” suits against Donald Trump (and there are good reasons to question many aspects of them), they represent the powerful state that he has not disavowed, …
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  5. The Enlightened Economist
    Economics and business books. By Diane Coyle. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Who counts?
    I had been looking forward to reading The Ordinal Society by Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy, and it hasn’t disappointed. My copy is covered in sticky notes marking interesting points. What do they mean by …
    By Diane Coyle, 746 words

  6. The Irish Economy
    Commentary, information, and intelligent discourse about the Irish economy. 🇮🇪 More info

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    IEA 2024 Conference Programme
    The 37th Annual Irish Economic Association Conference will take place at the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway from Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th May 2024. The keynote speakers are Prof. Costas Meghir, Douglas A. Warner …
    By John Cullinan, 107 words

  7. mainly macro
    Comment on macroeconomic issues. By Simon Wren-Lewis. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Could governments finance deficits by creating money?
    MMTers often say that financing government spending less taxes by issuing government debt is a policy choice, because they could instead create reserves (electronic money) at commercial banks. Of course only governments that have their …
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  8. Marginal REVOLUTION
    Small Steps Toward A Much Better World. By Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok. 🇺🇸 More info

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    Dwarkesh interviews Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3 and more
    The post Dwarkesh interviews Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3 and more appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Anon. I agree by BlixyIn reply to Naveen K. I don't think he , personally is …
    By Tyler Cowen, 105 words

  9. Stumbling and Mumbling
    An extremist, not a fanatic. By Chris Dillow. 🇬🇧 More info

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    Some defunct economist
    "To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty." Napoleon's claim helps explain one of the big problems with centre-left economic policy. He was right. We …
    By chris, 1,195 words

  10. Tim Harford | Articles
    The Undercover Economist. 🇬🇧 More info

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    A TikTok ban won’t solve social media’s collective trap
    US legislators are eager to ban TikTok. They are missing a bigger question: should they also ban Instagram, Facebook and the network formerly known as Twitter? The obvious answer is “no”, because although everyone grumbles …
    By Tim Harford, 983 words

  11. Uneasy Money
    Commentary on monetary policy in the spirit of R. G. Hawtrey. By David Glasner. 🇺🇸 More info

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    My New Paper on Hawtrey Is Available on SSRN
    Last fall and early winter I posted a series of four blogposts (here, here, here, and here) about or related to Ralph Hawtrey as I was trying to gather my thoughts about an essay I …
    By David Glasner, 231 words