Timothy Taylor Global Economy Expert

Timothy Taylor is an American economist. He is managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, a quarterly academic journal produced at Macalester College and published by the American Economic Association. Taylor received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College and a master's degree in economics from Stanford University. At Stanford, he was winner of the award for excellent teaching in a large class (more than 30 students) given by the Associated Students of Stanford University. At Minnesota, he was named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Department of Economics and voted Teacher of the Year by the master's degree students at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Taylor has been a guest speaker for groups of teachers of high school economics, visiting diplomats from eastern Europe, talk-radio shows, and community groups. From 1989 to 1997, Professor Taylor wrote an economics opinion column for the San Jose Mercury-News. He has published multiple lectures on economics through The Teaching Company. With Rudolph Penner and Isabel Sawhill, he is co-author of Updating America's Social Contract (2000), whose first chapter provided an early radical centrist perspective, "An Agenda for the Radical Middle". Taylor is also the author of The Instant Economist: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works, published by the Penguin Group in 2012. The fourth edition of Taylor's Principles of Economics textbook was published by Textbook Media in 2017.

 
Initial Reactions to the Amazon Antitrust Case

Initial Reactions to the Amazon Antitrust Case

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general have sued Amazon.com, as the FTC press release says, “alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power.”

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US Capital is Depreciating Faster

US Capital is Depreciating Faster

Gross investment refers to the total amount invested. However, in any given year, part of gross investment just goes to replace capital that has depreciated and worn out.

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HBCUs: The Evolving Challenge

HBCUs: The Evolving Challenge

As recently as 1967, about 80% of all black college students graduated from “historically black colleges and universities.” But the ground was shifting.

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Rising Coffee Prices: A Story of Supply Shocks

Rising Coffee Prices: A Story of Supply Shocks

The US produces almost no coffee, other than small quantities from Hawaii.

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Partha Dasgupta and Tim Besley Talk Sustainability and Biodiversity

Partha Dasgupta and Tim Besley Talk Sustainability and Biodiversity

It sometimes feels to me like discussions of environmental issues and sustainability have a tendency to end up being phrased in terms of greenhouse gases and climate change.

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