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Daily Archive for July 20th, 2015

Research Roundup, 7/20

Stiglitz on wealth, recessions and inequality. I don’t know why I continue to be frustrated by the ability to predict conclusions from the author and titles alone. Here is his, ” the adverse effects of austerity appear much greater than suggested by the standard national income accounts.” By the way, this may in fact be right, […]

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To Be Free, Be Useless

From an incredible biography about one of the people I genuinely admire and call a hero: On May 6, 1942, a new Federal agency opened for business. The War Manpower Commission had to balance the competing labor needs of agriculture, industry and the armed forces. It was a tricky business because all were vital, all […]

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