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   Mar 4, 2024 · New data reveal US space economy’s output is shrinking – an economist explains in 3 charts. Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University. With commercial space tourism on the rise and NASA planning to ...

2. theconversation.com › explainer-what-is-modernExplainer: what is modern monetary theory? - The Conversation

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   Jan 31, 2017 · Published: January 30, 2017 11:16pm EST. Modern monetary theory is gaining traction in a global economic environment that defies the efforts of policymakers to restore growth.

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3. theconversation.com › the-us-economy-producedThe US economy produced about $21.7 trillion in goods and ...

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   Jan 30, 2020 · Editor’s note: The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Jan. 30 that U.S. Gross Domestic Product climbed to an estimated nominal value of US$21.7 trillion.

4. theconversation.com › economic-theories-that-haveEconomic theories that have changed us: efficient markets and ...

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   The starting point in this debate was the extraordinary contribution of Eugene Fama(of the University of Chicago) who developed the “efficient markets hypothesis”. According to this view, stock prices do incorporate all available information and hence there are no profitable arbitrage opportunities. How would one go about demonstrating this? After ...

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   Beginning in earnest in the early 1990s, however, a different set of theories emerged. Economists such as Richard Thaler (of “Nudge” fame), Robert Shiller, and Andrei Shleifer began to take seriously the role of psychology among investors. Social psychologists such as Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahnmenan (with whom, interestingly, Thaler was an importan...

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   Now, back to stock picking and mutual funds. If one subscribes to Fama’s efficient markets view of the world then stock picking is a fools errand. Even if you end up doing well, all that has happened is that you have been compensated for taking on extra risk. Things could have turned out really badly, and you were lucky. For instance, maybe you inv...

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5. theconversation.com › five-reasons-adam-smithFive reasons Adam Smith remains Britain’s most important ...

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   Jun 8, 2023 · June 5 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, the 18th-century British economist widely hailed as the father of modern economics.

6. theconversation.com › why-does-neoclassicalWhy does neoclassical thinking still dominate economics?

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   Oct 17, 2011 · Neoclassical economics begins with the propositions that the economy is comprised of rational self-interested individuals (consumers and firms) who maximise their utility through voluntary ...

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   Why is inflation a factor in economic growth?

   • In the modern versions of the Phillips curve theory, expectations of future inflation influence economic growth as they capture firms’ response to expected cost increases. The low inflation observed in the last 25 years, even during upward sequences of the business cycle, could be explained by:

   Why the return of high inflation can no longer be excluded

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   Do investment fund managers expect inflation to return?

   • An essential, informed minority of economists, investment firms, and policymakers expect inflation to return. Since the beginning of the year, investment fund managers have been actively hedging against inflation.

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   Are investment fund managers hedging against inflation?

   • Since the beginning of the year, investment fund managers have been hedging against inflation. In his February 26 letter to investors, Warren Buffet recommended avoiding the bond market due to potential bigger losses from rising inflation expectations. He has been correct in the past (in 2001 and 2008), and he could well be correct now.

   Why the return of high inflation can no longer be excluded

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   Mar 7, 2021 · In the past, central banks focused on price stability. These days, many appear to be less concerned, as noted by Andrew Haldane, chief economist of the Bank of England. In the United States, the ...