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Exploding US Unemployment Rates: A Peek Inside

US unemployment rates have reached higher levels, and risen in a way that is more dramatic, than at any time since the start of regular employment statistics in the late 1940s.

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A Brave New World for Value Investing

Stock markets have rebounded from their March lows on fiscal and monetary stimulus.

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Are Firms Too Risk-Averse?

There's a plausible argument that from the point of view of investors, firms are too risk-averse.

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History Repeats Itself: The Legacy of 1968 US Riots

"The Kerner report was the final report of a commission appointed by the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 28, 1967, as a response to preceding and ongoing racial riots across many urban cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and Newark.

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Why The European Recovery Plan Will Likely Fail

The 750 billion euros stimulus plan announced by the European Commission has been greeted by many macroeconomic analysts and investment banks with euphoria. 

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Sabotaging the Competition: A Home Construction Example

Why are monopolies bad? In a standard intro-econ textbook, the problem of monopolies is that because of the lack of competition, they can reduce output from what it would otherwise be, jack up prices, and thus earn higher profits.

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How Economists and Sociologists See Racial Discrimination Differently

Economists tend to see discrimination as based on actions of individuals, who in turn are interacting in markets and society.

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