Daily Economy News
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A Broader Measure of Unemployment Declines
Even though the U-6 unemployment rate has fallen significantly, it remains high by historical standards.
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Presidential Elections: There’s a Theorem For That
One classic insight is Arrow’s impossibility theorem, originally published in a 1950 paper by Nobel Prize winning economist Kenneth Arrow. It shows that there is no way to ensure any voting system, will always simultaneously satisfy a list of seemingly desirable conditions. More generally, it makes the same point about the impossibility of aggregating individual…
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The Presidential Election and Economics
With the election in mind, here’s a roundup of some of the recent work we’ve done on the subject of presidents, politics and the economy
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Manufacturing Employment Shows Some Resiliency
Manufacturing has been one of the challenging areas of the economy this year, but this morning we received data that shows a more positive outlook.
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Educating Students for a Changing World
AIER continues to innovate in the sphere of economic education. This semester we are helping students gain practical economic research skills as they take applied economic research courses at two universities: the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota, and the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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A Broader Measure of Unemployment Declines
Even though the U-6 unemployment rate has fallen significantly, it remains high by historical standards.
-
•
Presidential Elections: There’s a Theorem For That
One classic insight is Arrow’s impossibility theorem, originally published in a 1950 paper by Nobel Prize winning economist Kenneth Arrow. It shows that there is no way to ensure any voting system, will always simultaneously satisfy a list of seemingly desirable conditions. More generally, it makes the same point about the impossibility of aggregating individual…
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•
The Presidential Election and Economics
With the election in mind, here’s a roundup of some of the recent work we’ve done on the subject of presidents, politics and the economy
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•
Manufacturing Employment Shows Some Resiliency
Manufacturing has been one of the challenging areas of the economy this year, but this morning we received data that shows a more positive outlook.
-
•
Educating Students for a Changing World
AIER continues to innovate in the sphere of economic education. This semester we are helping students gain practical economic research skills as they take applied economic research courses at two universities: the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota, and the Missouri University of Science and Technology.