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An Economist Chews over Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving preparations arrive, I naturally find my thoughts veering to the evolution of demand for turkey, technological change in turkey production, market concentration in the turkey industry, and price indexes for a classic Thanksgiving dinner. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. 

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Holding Down Costs of Megaprojects: The Madrid Subway Example

Imagine that at some point in your life, for your sins, you part of a panel to evaluate different methods of construction for a megaproject–say, an extension of a light-rail public transit system.

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Sorting Men and Women by College Major and Occupation

Men and women tend to sort into different college majors. Even given the same college major, they tend to sort into different jobs. 

2 years

Some Eviction Economics

Part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020, was a national moratorium on evictions.

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The US Misery Index Shows Weakness of the Recovery

United States consumer confidence has plummeted to a decade-low in November.

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France Economic Outlook Post Covid

After the pension crisis and the “gilets jaunes”, the darkest hours of the pandemic and a 40-years-long-cycle of liberal economic policies starting in the 1980s, the issue of purchasing power has emerged as a central topic in the French public debate. But the very idea that purchasing power can be an indicator of progress and living standards needs to be questioned. 

2 years

The Bottleneck Story

Economies around the world are afflicted by supply chain bottlenecks.

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