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Eric Zitzewitz on Gauging the Fair Value of the Stock Market
The S&P 500 index more than doubled between March 2020 and the end of 2021. It has recorded steady losses since then, falling by about 15% as of...
Gilbert Metcalf on Nuclear Power in Our Energy Future
The United States currently generates 20% of its energy supply from nuclear power; a figure that has been remarkably stable for decades. As the U.S....
Chad Bown on COVID-19 and the Economics of Vaccine Development
Intervention by the United States government helped the rapid development and large scale production of three COVID-19 vaccines. What were the economic,...
Making Sense of a Complicated Economy
Some statistics indicate that the U.S. economy is thriving. Payroll employment rose by nearly 430,000 in March. Unemployment is at 3.6%. Consumer spending...
Melissa Kearney on What’s Behind the Fall in the U.S. Birth Rate?
The year ending July 1st, 2021 marked the slowest rate of population growth in the history of the United States, with the natural increase -- the number...
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