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August 11, 2025August 8, 2025 andreweverett360

Austrian Economics vs. Chicago Economics

Robert P. Murphy wrote an article for the Mises Institute titled The Chicago School versus the Austrian School (26 May 2020).

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October 6, 2024 andreweverett360

A Grumpy Economist on Inflation’s Causes

Mickey Butts interviewed economist John H. Cochrane for Stanford Business: A “Grumpy Economist” Weighs in on Inflation’s Causes — And Its Cures (20 August 2024).

« Cochrane is an economist at Stanford’s Hoover Institution … the author of The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, and writes a newsletter titled The Grumpy Economist. »

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September 18, 2024 andreweverett360

How creative destruction can save higher education

Richard Vedder wrote an article for the Washington Examiner titled Let Colleges Fail: How creative destruction can save higher education (17 September 2024).

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June 15, 2024 andreweverett360

AI has an Uber problem… Capital is not a strategy

Tim O’Reilly wrote an article for The Information titled AI Has an Uber Problem: a handful of deep-pocketed investors distorts the market, fueling a race for monopoly that inhibits product-market fit. (pay wall)

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September 3, 2023September 2, 2023 andreweverett360

Ludwig Erhard, Germany’s first Minister of Economics

Lawrence W. Reed wrote an article titled Ludwig Erhard: Architect of a Miracle. Erhard was the first Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, a position he held from 1949 to 1963.

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March 30, 2022 andreweverett360

financial and economic data websites

Mike Zaccardi wrote a blog post with a list of financial and economic data links. “When I taught at the University of North Florida, I always sought to arm my finance students with the best tools of the trade… Few things get me more pumped than when I come across an impressive financial website—one that doesn’t charge.”

April 29, 2021 andreweverett360

More Americans Are Leaving Cities

Marie Patino, Aaron Kessler and Sarah Holder wrote an article for Bloomberg, April 26, 2021 titled More Americans Are Leaving Cities, But Don’t Call It an Urban Exodus

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March 20, 2021 andreweverett360

Conspicuous Convictions

Rob Henderson wrote an article for Quillette titled Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class—A Status Update. Continue reading “Conspicuous Convictions” →

September 21, 2020 andreweverett360

Degrowth

Akshat Rathi wrote an article for Bloomerg titled How ‘Degrowth’ Pushes Climate and Well-Being Over GDP. Continue reading “Degrowth” →

May 12, 2020August 17, 2020 andreweverett360

The stock market vs the real economy

The Economist ran an article titled The market v the real economy. Continue reading “The stock market vs the real economy” →

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