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A majority of Americans support Social Security and Medicare, a progressive tax system and a government that regulates business in the public... →
Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and... →
A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it's pretty clear that... →
A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few... →
Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of... →
Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from around 1900 to about 1978.
I don't think that much change comes from economists. I think it comes more from political realities. Probably the two giants of the 20th... →
I'm not the first to admit that raising a child in Park Slope, Brooklyn, can bear an embarrassing resemblance to the TV show... →
If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and... →
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and... →
Like a bottle of wine or a promising college quarterback turning pro, C.E.O.'s are similar to what economists call experience goods: you commit... →
One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that... →
Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes... →
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