Claudia Goldin, an economist at Harvard, has won the Nobel Prize in Economics.…
economics
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Nobel Prize for research in global labor markets, using historical data
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More friendships between rich and poor might mean less poverty
Recently published in Nature, research by Chetty, R., Jackson, M.O., Kuchler, T. et…
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Inflation explained with eggs
The prices of everything seem to be rising a lot lately. Why? For…
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Million dollar blocks and the cost of incarceration
Incarceration costs a lot of money. We know this, sort of. But how…
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Loans from Freddie and Fannie that defaulted after the bubble
Under the directive of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, started to release detailed…
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3-D chart for economy’s future
People like to poke fun at 3-D charts, mostly because they don’t work…
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NCAA bracket game that rewards risk-taking
Unlike traditional bracket-picking, the Upshot’s bracket game has a twist. You still want…
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Top 1% earners versus bottom 90%
Quoctrung Bui for Planet Money plotted average income for the top one percent…
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Your income versus what it feels like →
Incomes and the cost of living vary across the country. Some areas might…