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 Politics
  Why the Conservative Media Got it Wrong
  When journalists get too close to the rhetoric
  by jwalk6 / on Nov 7, 2012
• in Politics
  Why “Income Inequality” is a Losing Issue and How to Fix It
  Most Americans don’t care about income inequality. But they do want everyone to get a fair chance.
  by jimmyzuma / on May 24, 2012
• in Politics
  Charting the Rise of Stupidity
  As America grapples with a long term decline, we have only Ronald Reagan to blame.
  by jimmyzuma / on May 10, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “economics”

 

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• Farewell Bernanke – Thanks For Inflating The Biggest Bond Bubble The World Has Ever Seen

  
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  Economic Collapse | Treasuries have fallen to record lows.
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• Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, June 19: FOMC Edition

  
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• Building an Offshore Wind industry

  
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  BIS is due to publish another in its series of 11 industrial strategies, this one for the Offshore Wind Industry. It’s a big challenge to move from where we are now – with as little as 10% of UK content in some projects – to a high ambition, job rich, exporting industry. Government is resisting industry calls ...
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• The Best Part Of Growth For C&J Energy Services Is Over

  
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  By Faisal Humayun : C&J Energy Services ( CJES ) is yet another company that has benefited from the oil and gas sector boom in the United States. More specifically, C&J Energy is a shale gas play with the company primarily providing hydraulic fracturing fleets. This investment thesis looks into the past ...
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• Mervyn King outvoted on QE in his 194th and final MPC meeting

  
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  Minutes show outgoing Bank of England governor was denied parting wish for more money-boosting measures Sir Mervyn King was denied his parting wish for more money-boosting measures this month after being outvoted in his final Bank of England rate-setting meeting. Minutes of the monetary policy committee (MPC) ...
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• Mervyn King outvoted on QE in his 194th and final MPC meeting

  
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  Minutes show outgoing Bank of England governor was denied parting wish for more money-boosting measures Sir Mervyn King was denied his parting wish for more money-boosting measures this month after being outvoted in his final Bank of England rate-setting meeting. Minutes of the monetary policy committee (MPC) ...
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• Mervyn King outvoted on QE in his 194th and final MPC meeting

  
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  Minutes show outgoing Bank of England governor was denied parting wish for more money-boosting measures Sir Mervyn King was denied his parting wish for more money-boosting measures this month after being outvoted in his final Bank of England rate-setting meeting. Minutes of the monetary policy committee (MPC) ...
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• Wrecking the Greek Economy

  
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  Today, were going to demonstrate how the demands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) combined together into a troika to wreck the economy of Greece in 2010. Specifically, were going to show how the austerity measures they demanded and ...
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• In cahoots together

  
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  In the New Statesman James Bloodworth argues that trade unions deliver to their members what he calls a higher "premium" (as if it were some kind of dividend) than non-unionised workers:  http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/06/if-miliband-serious-about-tackling-low-pay-he-needs-embrace-unions ...
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• Scholarly Kitchen Podcast: OK Google — What’s Next?

  
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• Putting Freemium Marketing into Context

  
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• Flexible fiscal and monetary policy

  
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  A good post by Simon Wren Lewis on future UK macroeconomic policy – learning from the experience of the past few years. – Bold macroeconomic policy for a new government . Essentially, it involves committing to a more flexible fiscal policy which can take into account the different requirements of liquidity trap ...
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• AERC/Journal of African Economies Visiting Fellowship Programme, 2013/14

  
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• IMF lowers Russia’s economic growth in 2013 due to weak global demand

  
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  Nathan Andrada – Fourth Estate Cooperative Contributor New York, NY, United States (4E) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cuts Russia’s economic growth in 2013 due to weak investment because of soft external demand, but hailed its monetary and fiscal measures. The Washington-based lender said in ...
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• Worlds poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank

  
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  Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supply Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor countries, the World Bank has warned. Droughts, ...
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• Worlds poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank

  
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  Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supply Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor countries, the World Bank has warned. Droughts, ...
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• Paper: The Double Whammy - How the USBR Can Help the West Adapt to Drought & Climate Change

  
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  Okay - here is the full title: Federal Water Law and the Double Whammy: How the Bureau of Reclamation Can Help the West Adapt to Drought and Climate Change by Reed D. Benson This paper was sent around on one of my lists but its now available here, where you...
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• Links for 06-19-2013

  
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  Globalization and Macroeconomics - Paul Krugman Income Inequality, Equality of Opportunity, and Mobility - Miles Corak Financial globalisation: Retreat or reset? - Vox EU A Longer Look at Medical Inflation - Kevin Drum Making the Case for a Rise in Inflation - NYT Inflation Continues to Undershoot Fed ...
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