economics

Economics attempts to explain how the behavior of consumers, businesses, and governments affect unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and Gross National Product (GNP). GNP here means the value of all goods and services produced by a country over a specific period of time. Based upon changes in GNP or government spending, for instance, economics helps to estimate the positive or negative impact on unemployment, inflation, or interest rates.

In the blogosphere, writers often use the economics tag in the context of politics and public policy debates regarding unemployment, government spending, or taxes. Another popular topic is the affect public policy decisions have on stock markets. The economics tag would be relevant to discussions involving recession, financial crisis, or economic crisis.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “economics”

• in Business
  Oklahoma City Flourishes Despite Recession
  Oklahoma City tramples out new vintage; emerges as one of nation's best places for housing, business
  by JenX67 / on Oct 18, 2009
• in Politics
  Recovery Shmovery: The Economic Meltdown of 2008 is FAR from Over
  A list of reasons why "the recovery" is a myth.
  by lordonlow / on Oct 13, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “economics”

• What Recession?

  
  New Jersey Real Estate Report — Authority: 127
  From the Philly Inquirer: N.J. has been hit hard by the recession From 2004 through the end of 2007, the go-go years of the national real estate bubble, New Jersey’s private-sector job growth was just 2 percent, less than a third of the national growth of 6.5 percent. … And since the recession started in ...
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• Uzbekistan: Thank you, cotton-growers!

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 715
  Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the president’s address.
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• With victory in House, health care reform moves to Senate

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 591
  The House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill Saturday night with a tight vote of 220-215, making it the biggest expansion of health care coverage since Medicare was created more than 40 years ago. The Affordable Health Care for America Act, or H.R. 3962, restricts insurance companies from denying ...
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• Does Doing Nothing Cost Nothing?

  
  Economist's View — Authority: 691
  Failure to enact health care reform will be costly: The cost of not enacting health care reform, by Linda J. Bilmes and Rosemarie Day, Commentary, Boston Globe : Much of the health care debate is focused on whether the country can afford the $850 billion the Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost. ... ...
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• U.S. Chamber Urges Caution When Expanding FTC’s Authority Beyond Standard Antitrust Laws

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 153
  U.S. Chamber Urges Caution When Expanding FTC’s Authority Beyond Standard Antitrust Laws Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce A study released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged caution when using Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to enforce competition policy outside antitrust laws. “This ...
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• Links ...

  
  nanopolitan — Authority: 133
  From Amanda Goodalls Socrates in the Boardroom : Why Research Universities Should be Led by Top Scholars ( pdf of Chapter 1 ): The reasons why presidents should be able scholars are fourfold: Scholars are more credible leaders. A president who is a researcher will gain greater respect from academic ...
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• "Conditional Altruists"

  
  Economist's View — Authority: 691
  Daniel Little wonders what accounts for the spontaneous occurrence of cooperation and collective action: Assurance game, by Daniel Little : How does a group of people succeed in coming together to contribute to a collective project over an extended period of time?  For example, what leads a group of unemployed ...
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• "Why Do Central Banks Have Assets?"

  
  Economist's View — Authority: 691
  Nick Rowe says central banks hold assets for three reasons: Why do central banks have assets?, by Nick Rowe : If you look at the balance sheet of a central bank, you will see it has liabilities (mostly currency) and assets (normally mostly government bonds/bills). Why do central banks have assets? Do they need them? ...
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• Both barrels

  
  John Quiggin — Authority: 561
  That’s what Kevin Rudd gave Australian delusionists in this speech to the Lowy Institute , . I agree with him that there is no point in being polite about this. Those who reject action to address climate change are doing so on the basis of lies propounded by tobacco hacks like Steve Milloy, bought-and-paid-for ...
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• CESifo conference about "What’s Wrong with Modern Macroeconomics?"

  
  MarketObservation.com — Authority: 137
  CESifo organized a conference about the subject What’s Wrong with Modern Macroeconomics? Subjects are: The Roles of Ideology, Institutions, Politics and Economic Knowledge in Forecasting Macroeconomic Developments ALEX CUKIERMAN (Tel-Aviv University) Uncertainty, Risk-taking and the Business Cycle FRANK SMETS ...
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• Senator Tom Coburn Rules!

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 118
  As he thinks about reading the entire Government-Run Health Care bill in the Senate: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Love it.
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• The economics of Jesus

  
  Castle of Nutshells — Authority: 484
  I came across this very old post on Jesus and macroeconomics : No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. Luke 16: 13 Jesus probably didn’t know much about macroeconomics, even though he was God. But ...
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• Nominal Nonsense

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 645
  It’s always a good day when Paul Krugman throws a nice easy pitch over the fat part of the plate.  In this post commenting on Beckworth he combines all of the worst features of his blog, in one nice package with a bow on top.Here’s my problem. Underlying the focus on nominal demand or GDP [...]
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• Thugs on The March

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 118
  Real sweethearts : As all the constituents did, Teri went through security, camera in hand and in full view, then proceeded to Congressman Gerry Connolly’s office. Once in the office she filled out the visitors form, pulled out her camera and began asking for Rep. Connolly or a staffer to discuss the ...
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• What It All Portends

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 118
  Jerry Pournelle : Unemployment is over 10%. It wasn’t supposed to get that high. TARP was supposed to fix that. . . . If the health care bill passes, it will fundamentally convert these United States into a different kind of popular democracy, which generally means rule by a unionized bureaucracy organized to ...
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• Take One for the Team

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 118
  Glenn Reynolds : IF WE DON’T GET NATIONAL HEALTHCARE, THE TERRORISTS WILL HAVE WON! Participants also said Obama had referred to this week’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in which 13 people were killed. His remarks put in perspective that the hardships soldiers endure for the country are “what ...
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• Michael Goldhaber’s thesis on the ‘post-capitalist’, Attention-Centered Economy

  
  P2P Foundation — Authority: 575
  Good summary of the argument that we have entered a post-capitalist ‘attention economy’, by Michael Goldhaber at the IDC mailing list : Michael Goldhaber: “What follows then is a rough and incomplete primer on how I see what I shall refer to as “the attention (centered) economy,” — a new, ...
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• Unemployment Rate Hits Double Digits

  
  RED SOUNDING — Authority: 122
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• Issue Brief Examines Outcomes for People with Disabilities Who Leave the Medicaid Buy-In Program

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 153
  Issue Brief Examines Outcomes for People with Disabilities Who Leave the Medicaid Buy-In Program Source: Mathematica Working-age adults with disabilities need adequate health insurance to enter or remain in the work force, but their options are limited. Because of pre-existing conditions, many are not covered by ...
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• Our Representatives and President Laugh at Us

  
  Sierra Faith — Authority: 118
  They will continue to do so until we vote them out : The Honorable Mr. Owens, now the official representative in the U.S Congress for the 23rd District of New York, is off to a fine start, at least by Democrat standards. Only twenty four hours into the short term he won to fill former Republican Representative ...
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