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Layoff notices surged in October across much of U.S., Federal Reserve report says
It represents one of the highest numbers of WARN notices since Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland researchers started tracking the...
Read moreUN Places Gaza Under Control of US-Led Board
The US-controlled "Board of Peace" will rule over Gaza for at least two years, and the US will oversee a...
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Trump says his administration has started interviews for next Fed chair
"I'd love to get the guy currently in there out... but people are holding me back," he said, referring to...
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From Allentown to the Present: How the Iron and Steel Industry Changed
Billy Joel memorialized the workers of the steel industry in his 1982 song “Allentown.” While popular culture seems to dwell...
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The Difference between Formal and Substantive Equality
When we think of the term "equality," most of us think of it in a formal sense: equality under the...
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Roger Williams: Exemplar of America’s Soul
Roger Williams, the Baptist minister whose libertarian views ran afoul of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities, should be honored as...
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What Makes Economics Scientific?
Prompted by an online debate about whether economics belongs with the hard sciences, Bob reviews common defenses of mainstream practice...
Read moreDoes a Decline in “Aggregate Demand” Cause a Recession?
Keynesian orthodoxy claims that the cause of recessions is a decline in so-called aggregate demand. Besides confusing cause-and-effect, Keynesians don't...
Read moreThe Road to De-Civilization: Inflation and the Moral Erosion of Society
Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of...
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