- July 16, 2024
Things Fall Apart
Writers who want to describe sweeping global change often quote the W.B. Yeats poem.
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- June 20, 2023
Labor Market Math
Quite a few experts think the US economy will enter recession soon. If so, someone forgot to tell the labor market.
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- December 19, 2022
A New Kind of Recession
Back in the 1990s somebody coined the phrase 'jobless recovery.' It describes an economy where recession is over, but unemployment remains stubbornly high.
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- March 15, 2022
Frying Pans and Inflation Fires
“Out of the frying pan, into the fire” isn’t just a trite old saying. Economically, it may be a great metaphor for 2022.
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- January 11, 2022
Omicron Kills Output, Spares Jobs
The dramatically-named Omicron COVID-19 variant is moving fast. If you don’t know anyone who’s had it (or been infected yourself), you probably will soon.
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- May 25, 2021
The “Long COVID” Economy
According to some analysts, inflation is coming soon. Americans will spend like crazy and drive prices higher as the pandemic recedes.
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- April 20, 2021
Vaccine-Driven Boom May Fizzle
The narrative is nice to imagine: The US economy will grow fast in 2021 as we beat the coronavirus and everyone shops freely, travels widely, and hugs random strangers.
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