Economy

About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to keep in touch with my current…
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1. Conservatives often win their battles. 2. Some Afro-Surinamese music. 3. Vyacheslav Dvornikov interviews me (in Russian).  And a related piece (in English) on Russia moving…
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Policymakers in Asia are rightly focused on the potential reconfiguration of global supply chains, given the implications these shifts may have for the development of their…
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It’s hard to make sense of…
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On Wednesday, the SEC charged might-have-been Credit Suisse suitor Justin Sun with fraud and market manipulation.Titillatingly, they also charged eight celebrities who…
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For over 230 days, Ukraine has been resisting Russian aggression. This war brings death and destruction at a scale not seen in Europe since WWII and the ripples of the war…
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Rapid industrialization and urbanization in the first.Technological growth and economic inequality in both.“Populism” (if we can call it that today) in both.I think calling…
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Bank runs in the digital age are extraordinarily swift. The demise of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse have demonstrated that. But at heart, bank runs are…
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● Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?Lawrence H. WhiteSummary via publisher (Cambridge U. Press)The recent rise of dollar, pound, and euro inflation rates has rekindled…
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  This week, we speak with former hedge fund manager Dominique Mielle, author of 2021’s “Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds.” Mielle spent two…
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