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Middle East migrants give US a boost
News, Noah Smith, Published on 26/07/2017
» A little over a week ago, Stanford University mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died aged 40 after a battle with cancer. In that short lifetime, she accomplished...
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Private equity will do a lot of good for Japan Inc
News, Noah Smith, Published on 22/08/2017
» Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post calling for more private equity in Japan. Japanese companies are held back by a hidebound, inefficient workplace culture. Managers...
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Kudlow is a troubling economics adviser for Trump
News, Noah Smith, Published on 21/12/2016
» Donald Trump is reportedly close to picking Larry Kudlow to be the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. This will doubtless annoy many economists and...
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Economists in the age of Trump
News, Noah Smith, Published on 12/01/2017
» Economists are going to have to approach things a bit differently if they want to stay relevant in the Trump age. Research is going to become more important....
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Don't count on a crash from a Trump trade war
News, Noah Smith, Published on 22/11/2016
» Talk of war is in the air -- trade war!
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How to fill the void once Trump kills off the TPP
News, Noah Smith, Published on 01/12/2016
» The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would have created trade links between the US, Japan and a number of other Asian countries, is dead. Donald Trump has...
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Economists face reality of figures
News, Noah Smith, Published on 12/12/2016
» Economics has always had to grapple with questions of moral philosophy. Unlike most natural sciences, econ deals directly with issues of government and social...
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Searching for a better way of measuring inequality
News, Noah Smith, Published on 31/03/2016
» Inequality is, without a doubt, the hot topic in econ circles these days. Economics conference seminars on the subject are standing-room-only. Columns and blog...
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Building a tower of jumbled jargon
News, Noah Smith, Published on 08/04/2016
» In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty proudly declares: "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more...
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Two wrong theories about China
News, Noah Smith, Published on 25/02/2016
» Western observers struggle to make sense of what's happening to the Chinese economy. Since China is slowing, dragging down commodity prices and forcing a number...