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Economics And The Inevitability Of The Driverless Car

Elon Musk's next step into insurance gives us another hint about the future.

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Interview with Erica Groshen: Improving Labor Market Statistics

Bill Kerr interviews Erica Groshen, who ran the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2014-17, on topics involving how to improve labor market statistics in particular and government statistics overall in a Harvard Business School podcast titled “Infrastructure: Upgrading the US labor statistics system” (June 30, 2021, audio and a transcript available).

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Living with Hyperinflation: Lebanon Stories

The World Bank Lebanon Economic Monitor for Spring 2021 is subtitled “Lebanon Sinking (To the Top Three).”

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Are Global Supply Chains Going to Bounce Back?

As the pandemic eventually wanes, a major question is what economic patterns will bounce back.

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This Is Not A Strong Jobs Recovery

The United States’ jobs recovery is extremely poor, especially if we consider the size of the monetary and fiscal stimulus and the spectacular upgrade to GDP estimates.

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How Wages over the Life Cycle Have Changed

The age-earnings profile for a given year tells how much more a typical 60 year-old makes than a typical 40 year-old or a typical 25 year old.

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Interview with Lant Pritchett: Topics in Development

The Centre for Development and Enterprise has published “Lant Pritchett in Conversation with Ann Bernstein” (June 2021), a transcript of a one-hour conversation.