Interest: : Economics

Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The word 'economics' is from the Greek for (oikos: house) and νόμος (nomos: custom or law), hence "rules of the house(hold)."

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• Marginal Revolution: The economics of managed care (14 March 2010)
  Our Books. Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok: Modern Principles of Economics · Tyler Cowen: Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World · Tyler Cowen: Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, ...
• Are economics students happier? | Free Market Mojo (14 March 2010)
  The Happiness of Economists: Estimating the Causal Effect of Studying Economics on Subjective Well-Being.
• » Keynesian Economics and the Wizard of Oz - Big Government (13 March 2010)
  Keynesian economics was tailor made for the politicians being massaged by private central bankers like our Federal Reserve in the 20th century thru today. I suspect that's why they elevated someone like Keynes who ...
• Want To Be Successful? Major In Economics (13 March 2010)
  A quick scan of the Forbes "Top 10 Most Lucrative College Majors" list, while disappointing to many an ambitious English major, shows that financial success lies in knowing about finances. An economics major came in second on the list, ...
• Sprott's Last Decade Retrospective: It's Déjà Voodoo Economics ... (12 March 2010)
  Unlike economics, Wildland Fire Science is actually a science. Unlike economists, normal people actually know what the future holds. Debt matters, deleveraging is a bitch, and economist religious rituals ensure our destruction will be ...

Obama needs a new economic team Denver Post One year after the stock market hit bottom, the financial crisis appears to be over and economic conditions have ... and more »

TaxWatch CEO to speak to local economics club Tallahassee.com Florida TaxWatch CEO Dominic M. Calabro will be the guest speaker at the Gulf Coast Economics Club's luncheon on Wednesday in downtown Pensacola. ... and more »

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SF's Yellen may become Fed vice chair San Francisco Chronicle Stanford economics Professor John Shoven called Yellen "one of the best macroeconomists of her generation." When he was an economics student at Yale in 1969 ... NEWSMAKER-Fed's Yellen more complex than dove label impliesReuters The Fed's Janet Yellen: Who is she?Christian Science Monitor Bernanke Stimulus Exit May Be Aided by Yellen, RaskinBusinessWeek TopNews United States -Wall Street Journal (blog) all 768 news articles »

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Euro-zone industrial production posts record rise MarketWatch ... which would add 0.1 percentage point to first-quarter gross domestic product growth, said Ben May, European economist at Capital Economics. ... Eurozone industrial production grows stronglyBBC News Eurozone Industrial Output Above Expected In JanuaryMarket News International Eurozone industrial productions soars in JanuaryBusinessWeek all 152 news articles »

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Obama Launches New Exports Push as Trade Deficit Narrows -- but Hard Road Ahead Los Angeles Times President Obama on Thursday launched a new effort to rebuild the nation's long-term economic strength by sharply boosting exports, and he got a lift from ... Jobless claims fall, trade gap narrows on oilReuters Ahead of the Bell: Trade deficit expected to widenThe Associated Press Hopes rise as US trade gap narrowsFinancial Times Los Angeles Times (blog) -CTV.ca -Hamilton Spectator all 521 news articles »