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The Excel mistake heard round the world

Apr 17, 2013
The flurry of budget deficit reduction talks we've heard in the past three years was based on faulty research--an Excel spreadsheet mistake.
Posted In: Economics, economists
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American Airlines grounded; economists make Excel mistake

Apr 16, 2013
A computer glitch and an Excel mistake each made today's news.
Posted In: American Airlines, economists, Economics
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Have a very Homo Economicus Christmas

Dec 12, 2012
What economists like to give (and get) as Christmas gifts. Spoiler alert: economists don’t think like the rest of us.
Posted In: economists, Christmas, gifts
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Free-conomics: Economists go pro bono

Nov 28, 2012
Economists are a notoriously self-interested bunch. But one British outfit is giving away its services.
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Survey: Economists happy with Fed action

Sep 24, 2012
The main economic data we've got this morning is actually about economists.
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Economists, defend thyselves!

Mar 2, 2009
I remember vividly my first day taking a class on Soviet politics in college. The class began in August, 1991. The Soviet Union was collapsing...
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Where do we go from here?

Feb 27, 2009
Our afternoon session at the economic bloggers forum has been especially lively. That's because we're talking about how the hell we can get out of...
Posted In: bloggers, blogging, blogs, economists
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Reg-you-lay-shun

Feb 27, 2009
Our economic blogging conference has broken into smaller groups for lunch, and the session I'm attending is called "The Fate of Finance." The...
Posted In: bloggers, blogging, blogs, economists, Fed, madoff, regulation
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Is Journalism Dead?

Feb 27, 2009
That's the title of the seminar I'm in right now at the Kauffman Foundation. It began with a speech from former Boston Globe writer David Warsh,...
Posted In: bloggers, blogging, blogs, economists, journalism, newspapers, online news
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If it quacks like a duck...

Feb 27, 2009
At this economic bloggers conference I'm attending, we had a discussion last night about how no one in charge will say the word "nationalization." ...
Posted In: bailout, bloggers, blogging, blogs, economists, nationalization

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How World Finance makes a killing lending on the installment (loan) plan

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