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- Economists Predicted a Recession. So Far They've Been Wrong https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/economy/economy-recession-soft-landing.html 3 comments
- Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? http://www.chronicle.com/article/is-this-economist-too-far/238050 116 comments
- The Economist – Why Italy should vote no in its referendum: The country needs far-reaching reforms, just not the ones on offer http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21710816-country-needs-far-reaching-reforms-just-not-ones-offer-why-italy-should-vote-no 56 comments europe
- Best-selling French economist Thomas Piketty has become an official advisor to Spain's Podemos, the far-left anti-austerity party. Piketty is the author of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", a hugely popular book about the widening gap between rich and poor. http://www.france24.com/en/20150907-star-economist-piketty-advise-spain-anti-austerity-party 3 comments worldnews
- Far-right libertarian economist Javier Milei wins Argentina presidential election https://buenosairesherald.com/politics/elections/argentina-2023-elections-milei-shocks-with-landslide-presidential-win 6664 comments worldnews
- Economists warn electing far-right Milei would spell ‘devastation’ for Argentina https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/08/argentina-election-javier-milei-economists-warning 85 comments economics
- "In 2008 Austria became the first European country to allow 16-year-olds to vote in national elections. A lot of them promptly voted for far-right parties, which got more support from the young than from the old." - The Economist http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15867833 8 comments reddit.com
- A Nobel Prize Winning Economist Dissects American Economics and Politics. 'Americans rightly value freedom, but the meaning of freedom in our culture is far from what it should be. We need to focus on the freedom to live up to one’s potential, flourish, and be creative.' https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/nobel-prize-winner-dissects-american-economics-politics-bookbite/49022/amp/ 0 comments economy
- Economists Predicted a Recession. So Far They’ve Been Wrong. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/economy/economy-recession-soft-landing.html 318 comments economics
- A University of Pennsylvania economist says most global population growth estimates are far too high, and what the data actually shows is the population peaking around 2060, and that at 2.2 the global fertility rate may already be below replacement rate. https://fasterplease.substack.com/p/fewer-and-faster-global-fertility 183 comments futurology
- Economist Krugman: Fed Shouldn't Go Too Far on Rates https://www.thestreet.com/investing/krugman-fed-too-far-rates 3 comments economy
- India has seen 1 million Covid deaths so far, The Economist’s model estimates https://theprint.in/health/india-has-seen-1-million-covid-deaths-so-far-the-economists-model-estimates/662011/ 7 comments india
- Far more Indians kill themselves than previously assumed | The Economist https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/09/22/far-more-indians-kill-themselves-than-previously-assumed 4 comments india
- Economists: the impact of Trump on the macroeconomic performance of the US economy has been negligible so far https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/07/26/assessing-the-trump-economy/?utm_term=.34da13a8b084 5 comments politics
- Jobs growth was below economists' predictions - and far, far below Trump's https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/03/jobs-growth-was-below-economists-predictions-and-far-far-below-trumps/ 109 comments politics
- The Economist: A new coalition in Austria brings the far right in from the cold https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21732834-austria-edging-closer-nationalist-governments-eastern-europe-new-coalition 16 comments europe
- Economists say Panama Papers and Swiss Leaks show the ultra-wealthy dodging taxes far more than believed https://qz.com/994323/economists-say-the-ultra-wealthy-dodging-taxes-far-more-than-we-think/ 5 comments economy
- Economists say the ultra-wealthy are dodging taxes far more than we think https://qz.com/994323/economists-say-the-ultra-wealthy-dodging-taxes-far-more-than-we-think/ 383 comments politics
- Economists say Panama Papers and Swiss Leaks show the ultra-wealthy dodging taxes far more than believed https://qz.com/994323/economists-say-the-ultra-wealthy-dodging-taxes-far-more-than-we-think/ 11 comments worldnews
- While Federal Reserve meets in Jackson Hole, the middle class looks for economic 'recovery': The Jackson Hole Symposium gathers economists far away from civilisation while others write satires about recession and sex http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/24/us-economy-rolls-on-without-a-middle-class-recovery?cmp=ema_565 6 comments politics
- Desi-Harami outlines "A far larger problem is extremely high level of anti-Hindu prejudice at the Economist" http://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/277ixq/the_economists_and_their_subtle_agenda_cleverly/chy4r0e 4 comments india
- U.S. Budget Deficit Shrinks Far Faster Than Expected - faster than many economists think is advisable for the health of the economy. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/cbo-cuts-2013-deficit-estimate-by-24-percent.html?pagewanted=all 3 comments politics
- Brazil's economic slowdown so far leaves many unscathed: Brazil unemployment is at a record low, wages have risen, and more than 1 million jobs have been created this year. An economist calls it the 'great conundrum.' http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-brazil-no-boom-20120813,0,6291545.story 38 comments worldnews
- France's future: A country in denial --- By ignoring their country’s economic problems, France’s politicians are making it far harder to tackle them | The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/21551478 20 comments worldnews
- Apple’s share price: iRational? --- The company’s share price has risen by 83% in the past year, and by almost 50% so far in 2012 | The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/21551065 86 comments business
- Economist argues that far from making the US too business friendly, the likes of Fox News, MSNBC, and Rush Limbaugh have actually helped ruin the US economy and political systems. https://www.economist.com/node/21525839 82 comments politics
- The Economist tells us something most of us already know: Politicians, both liberal and conservative, are of the rich, paid by the rich, and enact policies for the rich. And so far, the rest of the disenfranchised fight amongst themselves instead of trying to change it. http://econ.st/hhcg2p 52 comments politics
- Nobel Economist Krugman Slams German Austerity - Krugman says that Germany has begun imposing austerity measures far too soon and that it could endanger fragile economic growth. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,701894,00.html 5 comments worldnews
- Home Prices Seem Far From Bottom say Economists http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/business/economy/16housing.html?ref=todayspaper 18 comments business
- Economists Are Vastly Underestimating the Economic Impact of Climate Change | Economists are expecting a tiny reduction in GDP despite climate science suggesting far more dramatic consequences, according to a new study. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/economists-are-vastly-underestimating-the-economic-impact-of-climate-change 10 comments climate
- "Some people like to think English is descended from Latin, or Kannada from Sanskrit. That’s frustrating not only because it’s wrong, but also because the reality is far more interesting." The Economist compares the vocabulary split in English to Dravidian languages. http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2013/05/english-and-dravidian 57 comments linguistics
- Carbon Pricing Becomes a Cause for the World Bank and I.M.F. - “And to our economists, who have been studying this for quite some time, there is an equally obvious consensus that putting a price on carbon pollution is by far the most powerful and efficient way to reduce emissions.” http://nytimes.com/2016/04/24/us/politics/carbon-pricingbecomes-a-cause-for-the-world-bank-and-imf.html?login=email&smid=tw-share&_r=2&mtrref=undefined&referer= 197 comments worldnews