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GameStop: Revenge of the Small Investor or Massive Bubble?

The GameStop case is puzzling investors all around the world.

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Could Environmentalists Just Buy What They Want?

Under a "marketable permits" approach to controlling pollution, firms have permits to emit a certain amount of pollution.

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Currency Wars Are Back

The biggest mistake the Biden administration can make is to follow the siren calls of its competing economies to massively devalue the US Dollar, print endlessly and go full-MMT (Modern Monetary Theory), which is not modern nor a theory.

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The Reproducibility Challenge with Economic Data

One basic standard of economic research is surely that someone else should be able to reproduce what you have done.

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US Economic Outlook: Will The Biden Stimulus Plan Work?

Many financial experts have rushed to make what has been regarded as “Biden trade” calls based on the projections by The Associated Press, NBC News and other news outlets of a Joe Biden presidency.

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The Broken Promises of the Freedman's Savings Bank: 1865-1874

The Freedman's Savings Bank lasted from 1865 to 1874.

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More on the Origins of "Pushing on a String"

Tie a string to an object. When you pull on a string, the object on the other end comes toward you.