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This is the year Post-Great Recession America falls behind Post-Great Depression America in recovery

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To What Extent Is Shenzhen Already the Leading Global Microscale Hardware Community of Engineering Practice: Ken Rogoff: Will China Really Supplant US Economic Hegemony?

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Noah Smith: Remember Karl Marx for the many things he got wrong

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JOLTS Day Graphs: March 2018 Report Edition

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Alex Bell et al.: Who becomes an inventor in America? The importance of exposure to innovation

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Noah Smith: Supply and Demand Does a Poor Job of Explaining Depressed Wages

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National Taxpayers Union: More Than 1,100 Economists Join NTU to Voice Opposition to Tariffs, Protectionism

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Paul Krugman: Immaculate Inflation Strikes Again

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Interest rates are telling us that the debt is too low: that there are too few safe assets in the world, and that more U.S. Treasury debt would be very valuable in this world: Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Aaron Krupkin: THE FEDERAL BUDGET OUTLOOK: EVEN CRAZIER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS