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Alternatives to Police – Do They Work?(nominalnews.com)
5 points by MPLan 10mo ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 10mo ago
The debate around improving safety in cities often revolves around whether this means deploying more police or not. In New York City, the recent mayoral election had certain candidates promise an increase in police patrols, while another ca
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Housing and Affordability – No Easy Solutions(nominalnews.com)
1 points by MPLan 11mo ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 11mo ago
Louie, Mondragon and Wieland (2025) show that typical supply constraints such as zoning laws cannot explain the observed price differences across cities. What does? Income.
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Timely Economics Nobel – Creative Destruction and GenAI(nominalnews.com)
1 points by MPLan 11mo ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 11mo ago
On October 13, 2025, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr1 – “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” – and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt – “for the theory of sustain
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A Tax by Any Other Name: Equity Stakes, Tariffs, Government Debt(nominalnews.com)
4 points by MPLan 1y ago|2 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
The US government has made headlines over the past year by taking an equity stake in Intel Corporation, along with 4 other companies. At the same, the US government has also levied significant tariffs, and continues to issue new debt (the c
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H-1Bs – Immigrants with Degrees Spur Economic Growth(nominalnews.com)
2 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Restricting college-educated immigration appears to: Reduce employment of locals; Reduce the wages of (most) locals; Reduce venture capital investment and IPOing; Reduce patenting; Increase outsourcing and offshori
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A Reader's Guide to Economic Headlines(nominalnews.com)
2 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
With the media posting sensational economic stats daily, filtering out the noise becomes crucial.
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GDP Will Reflect "AI" (Response to Dwarkesh Patel's Concern)(nominalnews.com)
1 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Should we care about Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Does GDP reflect what matters? Is GDP a good measure? Recently, an influential tech podcaster and interviewer, Dwarkesh Patel, brought up the topic in the following context: "As measur
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More Than a Safety Net – Value Created by Unemployment Benefits(nominalnews.com)
1 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Unemployment insurance, beyond consumption smoothing, allows people looking for jobs to find better job matches, which in turn increases earnings by $15,000 in the two years after UI receipt. The cost of UI, in comparison, is only $4,000.
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Republican Administration Fires Head of BLS After 'Bad' Jobs Report(nominalnews.com)
6 points by MPLan 1y ago|2 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Immediately after the publication of the July jobs report, President Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, accusing her office of “manipulating” data for political ends. What really happened?
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The Federal Reserve Is Right(nominalnews.com)
6 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Jerome Powell has come under significant criticism. Under closer inspection, the Federal Reserve's decisions are fully driven by economics.
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Work Requirements – An Ineffective Policy(nominalnews.com)
24 points by MPLan 1y ago|2 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Work requirements are often touted as a remedy to prevent the misuse of benefits. Instead, they only end up harming those who are most in need. By looking at a natural experiment, researchers were able to find that work requirements end up
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Clearing Up the Free-Bus Debate(nominalnews.com)
1 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
The debate around free-buses and transit has been often framed as a question of whether a person would prefer cheaper transit or more transit. This framing is not actually economic - how much of a service we provide and how we fund it are t
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GenAI – Will Workers Disappear?(nominalnews.com)
2 points by MPLan 1y ago|2 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
Public predictions about the impact of genAI on workers and the economy are dramatic – but are they right? Depending on our assumptions on the effectiveness of AI, economic models often suggest outcomes differing from what we see in the pub
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Yes – Tariffs Have Increased Prices and Inflation in the US(nominalnews.com)
14 points by MPLan 1y ago|2 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
The price increases from tariffs can be seen in both economy-wide data and retail data. Core goods inflation in the PCE reading is already 0.33 percentage points higher due to tariffs, increasing overall inflation by 0.1 percentage points.
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Can Large Tech Companies Be 'Bad' for the Economy but Good for Workers?(nominalnews.com)
2 points by MPLan 1y ago|1 comments
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by MPLan 1y ago
A recent paper looks at an economic puzzle - innovation has been declining, but the number of researchers has gone up along with wage premiums. A more concentrated market for researchers can partially explain these patterns.

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