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Investment tax cuts and jobs

March 30, 2020
How much does a tax deduction on capital purchases stimulate employment?
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Agreeing to disagree

March 27, 2020
Why can’t professional forecasters come to a consensus even with the same information?
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Connecting across disciplines

March 25, 2020
Other fields in the social sciences have been increasingly citing economics research. Has economics become more outward-looking, too?
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The trade-offs of logging off

March 23, 2020
Would quitting Facebook result in a happier and less polarized society?
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Sickness and the city

March 18, 2020
Long after a cholera-ridden neighborhood in London was cured, it stayed relatively poor. Why?
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Will work for insurance

March 16, 2020
Americans put off retirement to keep employer-provided prescription drug benefits.
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Helping moms be happier

March 13, 2020
Providing cognitive behavioral therapy to depressed new mothers yielded benefits seven years later.