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Deeper Crisis & Weaker Recovery

If we look at the recovery so far in the majority of economies it is quite less exciting than what many expected, so what we can certainly rule out is the concept of a V-shaped recovery.

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Some Background about Police Shootings

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science devoted its January 2020 issue to a set of 14 articles on the theme of "Fatal Police Shootings: Patterns, Policy, and Prevention."

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Lower Tax Rates or Less Tax Enforcement?

Let's compare two hypothetical tax cuts. In the first tax cut, we decide which groups will pay lower rates, and we may have a dispute over what share the tax cut should go to those with low incomes, or families with children, or as an incentive for job training or research and development or some other purpose.

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The US Dollar in the Global Economy

The US dollar remains the preeminent global currency.

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An Audit Study of Discrimination in the Boston Rental Market

Audit studies are one of the most persuasive ways to show real-world discrimination.

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Can Economists Be Both Popular and Patriotic?

Alfred Marshall argued that students of social science are bound to dwell on the "limitations and defects and errors" of whatever is popular and whatever will sell more newspapers.

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USA: The Productivity That Didn't Happen

The bad news is that US productivity growth has been slow for the last 15 years, and in facts for 30 of the last 40 years.

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