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  1. No, Depressed American Towns Do Not Look Like ZimbabweAre trade deals turning the United States into Zimbabwe?
    By Annie Lowrey
  2. economics
    The Absolute Moron’s Guide to the Greek Debt CrisisIf you don’t understand the referendum, you’re not alone; even Greeks can’t agree on what it meant.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. economics
    A Modest Proposal: How to Close the Gender Wage GapThe U.N. Women report has some recommendations for achieving economic gender parity. We’ve come up with a few more.
    By Jessica Roy
  4. inversion aversion
    Walgreens Decides Not to Anger PresidentGood call!
    By Kevin Roose
  5. labor pains
    Unions Get a Bruise From the Supreme Court, But Avoid a Knockout PunchThe decision in Harris v. Quinn could have been much, much worse.
    By Kevin Roose
  6. economists for jesus
    David Brat Just Became the Christian Right’s Favorite EconomistCantor’s ouster could give evangelical America a new intellectual hero.
    By Kevin Roose
  7. livin’ for the city
    5 Reasons Cities Are Getting Better, and Everywhere Else Is Getting WorseMore and more, choosing to live outside a major city is tantamount to opting to live in the past.
    By Kevin Roose
  8. euromess
    What Just Happened to Europe’s Economy?The (abridged) absolute moron’s guide to the bizarro world of negative interest rates.
    By Kevin Roose
  9. the seattle files
    Seattle’s $15 Minimum-Wage Experiment Is a GoThe rest of the country is watching.
    By Kevin Roose
  10. economics
    Rihanna Wrecking Something Adds $66,000 in ValueSomeone bought the iPhone she broke. 
    By Maggie Lange
  11. hidden treasury
    10 Calm Parts of Tim Geithner’s MemoirThe former Treasury Secretary gives us a few light notes amid the panic.
    By Kevin Roose
  12. economic rock stars
    Thomas Piketty and Our New Economic WorldviewThere’s a reason a 700-page book on economics got so popular.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  13. anonymous survey respondents with money
    Survey: Millionaires Aren’t All TerribleLots of them think income inequality is a problem.
    By Kevin Roose
  14. jobs day
    The Economy Is Picking Up SpeedSome good news for your Friday: The latest jobs numbers are good.
    By Kevin Roose
  15. Adam McKay Vows to Make Economics Sexy and Fun with His Next Movie“Rather than knowing about Kim Kardashian and sports and who’s wearing what, the language of power is economics. Is there a way to make that as […]
    By Bradford Evans
  16. pronunciation guide
    How Do You Pronounce Economist Thomas Piketty’s Name, Anyway?Hint: It’s “PEEK-et-ee.”
    By Kevin Roose
  17. the bitcoin bubble
    Bitcoin Gets a Visit From the Tax ManThe IRS just ruled that Bitcoin counts as property, not currency.
    By Kevin Roose
  18. Adam McKay Is Directing a Movie About the Economic CrisisWriter/director Adam McKay (Anchorman(s), Step Brothers) has found his next movie. McKay has signed on to develop Michael Lewis’s book, The Big […]
    By Bradford Evans
  19. the bitcoin bubble
    The Hijacking of Satoshi NakamotoBitcoin’s biggest mistake was turning from a technology into a movement.
    By Kevin Roose
  20. the bitcoin bubble
    The Doomsday Cult of BitcoinHow a crypto-currency became a millenarian religion.
    By Kevin Roose
  21. marketplaces
    Here an Economist Defends Lying on Online-Dating ProfilesIt’s “a rational thing.”
    By Maggie Lange
  22. eat the rich
    Here’s What Oxfam Should Have Told the Billionaires of DavosA few suggestions for reforming plutocrats.
    By Kevin Roose
  23. jobs day blues
    The Economy Is Still SickToday’s ugly jobs report is proof.
    By Kevin Roose
  24. numbers with reinhart and rogoff
    Harvard Economists Still Not Doing So Hot With NumbersReinhart and Rogoff fall victim to yet another numerical error.
    By Kevin Roose
  25. fed up
    This Is the Way Ben Bernanke EndsNot with a bang, but a taper.
    By Kevin Roose
  26. wack friday
    The 5 Biggest Myths About Shopping on Black FridayThe deal-seeker’s paradise isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
    By Kevin Roose
  27. thanksgiving how-to
    The Complete Guide to Discussing the Economy at Thanksgiving DinnerYellen and NASDAQ and stocks, oh my!
    By Kevin Roose
  28. the way we earn now
    In the New Economy, Everyone Is an Indentured TaskRabbitThe future of work is bleaker than we expected.
    By Kevin Roose
  29. Welcome to the Humanist Federal Reserve, Led by Janet YellenA Yellen-led Fed would put down the theory and listen.
    By Kevin Roose
  30. government shutdown
    7 Ways the Government Shutdown Will Affect the EconomyThe shutdown’s effects could be long-term even if the shutdown itself is short.
    By Kevin Roose
  31. more stimulus
    Report: Porn Industry Shutdown Bad for EconomyThe movie industry lost 6 percent of its total jobs.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  32. fed up
    The Fed Chairmanship Race Is a Bad Romantic ComedyPresident Obama has to choose between the charismatic jerk and the quiet hero.
    By Kevin Roose
  33. the xxx-pulsion
    The U.K.’s Porn Purge Is a Fascinating Behavioral Economics ExperimentDavid Cameron is trying to nudge porn out of kids’ hands.
    By Kevin Roose
  34. always low wages
    Washington, D.C., Won Its Fight With WalmartThe district’s politicians sacrificed jobs for local values. Good for them.
    By Kevin Roose
  35. ancient history
    The Fed Is Having a 1936 MomentIt can’t communicate with Wall Street.
    By Kevin Roose
  36. club fed
    $1.2 Million in Federal Reserve–Bound Cash Stolen From JFK PlaneQuite the stimulus. 
    By Kevin Roose
  37. fed up
    Why Did the Stock Market Fall Today?The eternal question.
    By Kevin Roose
  38. to taper or not to taper
    Ben Bernanke Is Wall Street’s Security BlanketHis job has become reassuring the market.
    By Kevin Roose
  39. the poopconomy
    The People of Venezuela Are in Dire Need of Toilet PaperOn the plus side, they have plenty of phone books.
    By Kevin Roose
  40. the bitcoin economy
    Can Bitcoin Be Saved?Or is it too late?
    By Kevin Roose
  41. nix the debt
    Maybe the Deficit Doesn’t Need a Grand BargainThe CBO’s new deficit projections look better than expected.
    By Kevin Roose
  42. jobs day
    The Economic Recovery Is For RealAn unambiguously great jobs report.
    By Kevin Roose
  43. fauxsterity
    How the Mainstream Media Broke Up With AusterityIt’s been a gradual process.
    By Kevin Roose
  44. farmer fraud
    What Should the Government Do About Farmer Fraud?Do you end a good program, just because it’s being taken advantage of?
    By Kevin Roose
  45. academic all-stars
    Meet the 28-Year-Old Grad Student Who Just Shook the Global Austerity MovementThomas Herndon is definitely getting an A this semester.
    By Kevin Roose
  46. economics
    Why House Tyrell Is Actually Wealthier Than House Lannister“You can’t eat gold.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. tax day
    Tax Experts and Economists Procrastinate on Their Taxes, TooYou’re not alone.
    By Kevin Roose
  48. margaret thatcher
    Margaret Thatcher Was Right About the Euro, But for the Wrong ReasonsShe thought a currency union would give way to a federal Europe.
    By Kevin Roose
  49. Locavores
    The Local Food Movement Is Hurting FarmersThe dark side of fresh vegetables.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  50. absolute moron’s guides
    The Absolute Moron’s Guide to What’s Happening in CyprusA beginner’s Q&A guide to the crisis that is sparking fears of a global financial panic.
    By Kevin Roose
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