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Economics

Ask An Economist—Year in Review 2024

December 31, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

A 15-Hour Workweek?

April 29, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Could Fractional-Reserve Banking Work with a Gold Standard?

April 6, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Breaking Down MMT’s Guaranteed Jobs Scheme for Fighting Inflation

March 1, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Why Not Deflation?

February 20, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Interest on the National Debt—Who Does It Go To?

February 3, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Ask An Economist—Year in Review

January 19, 2024 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

What Happens If the Government Outspends Its Ability to Pay?

August 30, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Why Do Some Countries Stay Poor?

August 23, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Does International Remote Work Help or Hurt?

July 26, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

How Loan Forgiveness Hurts Taxpayers

July 19, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Is the Unemployment Rate a Deceptive Statistic?

June 14, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Politics

Should Legislators Have to Disclose Harmful Consequences of Legislation?

May 24, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Are Food and Energy Excluded from Inflation Measures?

May 17, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Why Does the Federal Reserve Target 2% Inflation?

May 10, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

What Is Fractional Reserve Banking and Is It Good or Bad?

April 19, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

How the Free Market Handles Monopoly

March 8, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
History

Did FDR Create the Middle Class?

February 15, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Are Tattoos a Rational Use of Resources?

January 11, 2023 | Peter Jacobsen
Economics

Did the Death of “Net Neutrality” Live Up to Doomsday Predictions?

December 21, 2022 | Peter Jacobsen
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