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economists figure puzzle surprise
It's a big surprise and another puzzle for economists to try to figure out.
economists fail inclusion minimum raising seems wage workers
Raising the minimum wage seems to all economists to, at the very least, fail to 'raise' employment, and we'd all like to see better inclusion of low-skilled workers into good-paying jobs.
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Any economist will tell you that in terms of predictive power, there's no comparison. In a given investment category, if you're to pick a single factor to go on, you're going to do better in a fund with lower costs.
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Jude Wanniski the most influential political economist of the last generation.
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The world economy has become much more open and global. Greenspan was in favor of all that, as most economists are.
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Ronald Coase There is no doubt that the recognition by economists of the importance of the role of the firm in the functioning of the economy will prompt them to investigate its activities more closely.
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Edward Abbey What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.
economist hikes interest last point positive rate seen thinks
What our economist thinks at this point is that we have probably seen the last of interest rate hikes by the Fed, which could be a positive thing for the transportation sector,
economists environment inventory investment pricing
Uncertainty about the pricing environment will keep inventory investment more disappointing than some other economists expect.
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James Heckman The traditional story of economists has been to say education explains what the returns are to school. I say, 'Okay, that's fine, but what explains the education? How much is just a matter of my giving you a poor kid versus a rich kid?'
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George Bernard Shaw If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
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George Bernard Shaw If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would still not reach a conclusion.
economists laid reach
George Bernard Shaw If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
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Hillary Clinton I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.
economists employment evidence expecting finally jobs months october picture providing rose straight traders turning
Most traders will really be positioning for the October employment report. Economists are expecting that non-farm payrolls rose by approximately 50,000 during the month, providing evidence that with two straight months of employment growth, the jobs picture is finally turning around.
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Nelson DeMille I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.
economists economy-and-economics fair growing number question
Tom Daschle I think it is fair to say that there is a growing number of economists that question the stimulus,
economist problem trained
He's a very well trained economist like Greenspan...so I don't think there will be a problem with the transition.
economists hot hurt leading
I was a hot commodity, ... Being African-American didn't hurt me - I was one of the leading young theoretical economists of the generation.
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What economists see as half full, investors see as half empty.
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Winona LaDuke I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development.
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Nolan Gould I need something to fall back on if fame doesn't work. I'll have to become an economist or something.
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Tim Harford I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund, a City forecasting group or the Treasury - a forecast is still not news.
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Ha-Joon Chang Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
economists human measures pleased
I'm pleased that some economists and sociologists are beginning to talk about, for example, alternative measures of human well-being - alternative, that is, to GDP, on which the world runs.
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Jim Bunning I know there are 20 economists out there who could do the job.
economists either expecting fed further inflation judgment might remove risks toward warning
Economists were expecting that the Fed would either remove the warning about asymmetric risks toward inflation or judgment that further tightening might be necessary. Of course, the Fed did neither.
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George Stigler Economists exert a minor and scarcely detectable influence on the societies in which they live
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Bill Evans Economists are interested in why 70 percent makes it. It's surprising to us that so much makes it.
economists economy economy-and-economics turn
The not-too-hot, not-too-cold 'Goldilocks' economy envisaged by many economists could turn out to be a mirage.
economists felt increase money stretching
In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.