- Is Economics Self-Correcting? There are more economists doing useful real-world work. But the closer you get to the pinnacle of the profession, the less has changed. https://prospect.org/economy/2023-04-07-is-economics-self-correcting/ 32 comments economics
- Less than 35% of the $800 billion in PPP loans actually went to workers, say economists https://www.fastcompany.com/90713747/workers-800-billion-ppp-loans-economists 35 comments economy
- Omicron covid cases are less severe than Delta, new studies say | The Economist https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/12/22/omicron-covid-cases-are-less-severe-than-delta-new-studies-say 11 comments worldnews
- Economists growing less optimistic about outlook for U.S. economy https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economists-growing-less-optimistic-about-outlook-for-u-s-economy-11601874520 6 comments politics
- Economists growing less optimistic about outlook for U.S. economy https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economists-growing-less-optimistic-about-outlook-for-u-s-economy-11601874520?mod=home-page 7 comments economy
- This Harvard economist revolutionized our understanding of why women earn less than men https://work.qz.com/1175663/harvard-economist-claudia-goldin-studies-why-women-earn-less-than-men/ 17 comments economy
- Why are women paid less than men? | The Economist Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpE8ttCEd-w 3 comments economy
- Trump’s Chief Economist Says We Need More Immigrant Workers, Not Less http://ktla.com/2017/11/02/trumps-chief-economist-says-we-need-more-immigrant-workers-not-less/ 5 comments politics
- Climate Change Kills the Mood: Economists Warn of Less Sex on a Warmer Planet http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-02/climate-change-kills-the-mood-economists-warn-of-less-sex-on-a-warmer-planet 7 comments nottheonion
- America Is Even Less Socially Mobile Than Economists Thought http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/america-social-mobility-parents-income/399311/ 78 comments politics
- Study by Swedish economists show countries with more open economies are less homophobic, but not significantly less racist http://ideas.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/15/economic_freedom_makes_countries_less_homophobic_but_not_less_racist 8 comments worldnews
- The Economist Asks: Is deploying unmanned drones in warfare less ethical than relying on manned aircraft? http://www.economist.com/economist-asks/deploying_unmanned_drones_combat_operations_less_ethical_relying_manned_aircraft_0 6 comments reddit.com
- More sex leads to less AIDS according to MIT economists. http://www.slate.com/id/2033/ 29 comments worldnews
- The Economist: Wounded, tetchy and less effective than it should be, America is still the power that counts http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9407806&fsrc=rss 3 comments reddit.com
- As China reopens and data surprises, economists are starting to get less gloomy https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/16/as-china-reopens-and-data-surprises-economists-are-starting-to-get-less-gloomy.html 10 comments worldnews
- Beyond boycott: Bollywood vs South - Why viewers spend less on Hindi films, as per Economists https://www.financialexpress.com/money/beyond-boycott-bollywood-vs-south-why-viewers-spend-less-on-hindi-films/2645171/ 5 comments india
- China's current GDP growth is likely less than 6%, economist says https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ael4fl/chinas_current_gdp_growth_is_likely_less_than_6/ 64 comments investing
- Economist: During Ramadan, less gets done. The economic impact on Muslim countries is significant. http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21701523-make-muhammad-poorer-happier-less-work-and-more-pray?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/lessworkandmorepray 5 comments worldnews
- Economist: During Ramadan, less gets done. The economic impact on Muslim countries is significant. http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21701523-make-muhammad-poorer-happier-less-work-and-more-pray?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/lessworkandmorepray 10 comments geopolitics
- The Key Role of Conservatives in Taxing Carbon: "The cap-and-trade system President Obama advocates is one way to do that. A more direct and less bureaucratic way is to tax carbon. When polled, economists overwhelmingly support the idea." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/upshot/the-key-role-of-conservatives-in-taxing-carbon.html?ref=economy&_r=0 36 comments politics
- Economist Roger Noll, a Stanford University economist, said: “...the Pirates would be less profitable if they tried to improve the team substantially.” http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ajdy5rsue4erfn5gy7la4f4rvlyf?slug=ap-piratesfinances 2 comments baseball
- Brexit: Customs union deal discussed by May and Corbyn will make people £800 worse off, economists warn - GDP would shrink by 3 per cent and chancellor will have £13bn less a year to spend on public services, first analysis finds https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-economy-uk-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-customs-union-a8905221.html 7 comments worldnews
- Tax Law May Stimulate Economy Less Than Expected, or Maybe Not at All, S.F. Fed Economists Say https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2018/07/10/tax-law-may-stimulate-economy-less-than-expected-or-maybe-not-at-all-s-f-fed-economists-say/ 26 comments politics
- Harvard University Professor Dani Rodrik : It’s Time to Think for Yourself on Free Trade. Populists are wrong and economists are wrong too. We don't need more free trade or less free trade. What we need is better trade https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/27/its-time-to-think-for-yourself-on-free-trade/ 22 comments economy
- "A new study by a Harvard University economist says lefties generally make less money than righties, and they may be worse off in other areas of life, too." http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/harvard-study-lefties-earn-less-than-righties/ 7 comments science
- Richard Wolff on Raising the U.S. Minimum Wage - "Economist Richard Wolff explains how the current minimum wage offers less advantage for workers than it did decades ago, and how an increase would benefit not only low-wage employees, but the overall American economy." http://billmoyers.com/content/richard-wolff-on-how-raising-the-minimum-wage-lifts-america/ 42 comments politics
- "The age of cheap oil is over," said Fatih Birol, IEA chief economist. Today's active oil fields produce about 70 million barrels per day, but by 2035, "they will produce less than 20 million barrels per day of oil." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2010/11/101109-peak-oil-iea-world-energy-outlook/ 62 comments politics
- Same U Chicago Economist that completely fails in "A Commercial Real Estate Crisis? Probably Not" also now claiming unemployment is high because "workers have become less willing to work" http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/a-commercial-real-estate-crisis-probably-not/ 3 comments politics
- WVU economists find that black NBA players receive 20% less than their counterparts in free agency, all else being equal https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3276247 96 comments nba
- The rise of the superrich has economists, politicians, and citizens alike wondering how much inequality societies can—or should—accept. A study finds its ancient hotbed was the Old World: Societies there tended to be less equal than those in the New World, likely because of the use of draft animals. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6365/850.full 1314 comments science
- People are Heated Over Whether to Tax Robots - "White House economists told Congress that workers earning less than $20 an hour have an 83% chance of losing their jobs to automation." https://www.inverse.com/article/28631-bill-gates-robot-tax-debate-forbes 421 comments technology
- Pace of Climate Change Sends Economists Back to Drawing Board. They underestimated the impact of global warming, and their preferred policy solution floundered in the US. A central shift in thinking, many say, is that climate change has moved faster than foreseen, and in less predictable ways. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/business/economy/economy-climate-change.html 5 comments energy
- San Francisco Fed economists: GOP tax law will boost economy less than expected http://thehill.com/policy/finance/396459-san-francisco-fed-economists-gop-tax-law-will-boost-economy-less-than-expected 19 comments politics
- San Francisco Fed economists: GOP tax law will boost economy less than expected http://thehill.com/policy/finance/396459-san-francisco-fed-economists-gop-tax-law-will-boost-economy-less-than-expected 17 comments economy
- PSA: Crypto is full of software engineers (with less than five years of experience) and VC investors (with more money than brains) pretending to be economists, and we are their guinea pigs. Our investments are their public beta tests. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deathspiral.asp 184 comments cryptocurrency
- Economy hurting after Congress fails to act on stimulus - "When you have $60 billion less going to families," former U.S. Treasury economist Ernie Tedeschi told POLITICO, "that means that there's going to be something close to that less in spending." https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/economy-hurting-congress-stimulus-400829 23 comments politics
- An Australian Economist, Andrew Leigh, After Studying 1000 Companies Found That Firms Which Pay Less Tax Tend To Create Fewer Jobs. Firms With More Than 25 Percent Tax Rate Create Jobs At An Average Of 2 Percent Annually. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0313592618300596 7 comments science
- Cash has lost cachet for new Detroit shop Kit and Ace: "Economists see a day when we're living in a 'less-cash' society. A new book called 'The Curse of Cash' even suggests getting rid of $100 bills to fight crime, tax evasion and illegal immigration." http://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2016/08/31/no-cash-policies-cashless-society/89554376/ 6 comments economy
- Charlemagne: When less is more | Economist article about Timmersmans, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21643199-frans-timmermans-takes-brussels-blob-when-less-more 3 comments europe
- On Sunday, economist Paul Krugman hit back against GOP claims that public sector employment has increased under Obama, and that such jobs consist mainly of wasteful bureaucrats and somehow count less economically than private sector ones. http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/02/03/1533621/krugman-corrects-fiorina/?mobile=nc 11 comments politics