Ranking the Economists Who Lunched with Obama
One way to gauge economic thinkers is to look at their citation ranking, as measured by Research Papers in Economics, which tracks who has the most academic citations and uses it to rank the prestige of economists' work. Obviously, there are caveats to …
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'Economicism,' n.: The Intrusion of Economics Into Everything Else
Then again, many other people should be apologizing, too: The stultifying language of economic theory is becoming more and more prevalent outside the worlds of business and policy. We use terms like "human resources" to discuss … our coworkers. We …
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Economics of Hobby Lobby decision make it even uglier
The Supreme Court has decided that you have the right to deny covering contraception for thousands of your female employees. Now you should provide the most fantastic, bang-up, paid and protected parental leave in the United States. Think about it.
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