Why is the recovery from the most recent recession different? Local government employment has fallen by 3 percent from its peak, and is still falling, two economists note. full story ![]()

Powerful political arguments have been made on flawed data, and it’s time that such research was better policed, an economist writes.
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The federal minimum wage should be lowered, not raised, so as not to compound the damage it causes, an economist writes.
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The newly designed $100 bill is finally about to start circulating, and it is likely to be especially popular abroad.
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The combined effect of payroll tax increases and automatic budget cuts could suppress monthly hiring by more than last year’s average monthly gain, economists say.
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Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queen” lives on, shadowing discussions of social spending and austerity, an economist writes.
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The currency of the United States remains very popular abroad, and the demand for $100 bills suggests that they are widely used in crime, an economist writes.
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People who have not completed high school are most likely to start their own businesses, according to a new report.
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The latest report by the College Board on its Advanced Placement program talks a lot about the success of these courses. Here's a different look on AP, from Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Mass., and the author of "Excellence for All: How a New Breed of Reformers Is Transforming America's Public Schools."...
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America's role as an innovation leader is strongly tied to the talented foreigners it attracts to study and work, and immigration policy should foster their risk-taking, an economist writes.
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Ever since this blog started about two years ago, I’ve been repeating over and over that what the economy needs is more deficit spending, not less. This is so because:
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