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> Interestingly, one suggestion that Hamilton made for increasing the supply of… more
> So, let’s sum up. What started in the 19th century as a continuous decline in… more
> We examine the economic impact of non-consumable visual cues through home… more
> But by the 1740s, the first signs could be seen of a spectacular change.… more
> The World Bank estimates that every dollar spent on water supply and… more
> I wanted to understand how money actually works. Not the metaphors about… more
> Here are some headlines from the 2007 Miley Cyrus tour. This is the one where… more
> Goodhart wasn’t talking in general about it being a bad idea to have targets.… more
> In The Land Trap, Mike Bird writes that land holdings remain the single… more
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> The way to understand these coins is this: these societies had already been… more
> So for now at least, academic macro models have declining policy relevance in… more
> With entire industries shuttered and unemployment soaring, only public… more