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81) Economics
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Presents a guide to economics that covers such topics as leading economic indicators, fiscal and monetary policy, supply and demand, consumer behavior, the federal budget, business cycles, and the banking system.
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Two-time Pulitzer finalist Jon Jeter reports on the freemarket reforms of the IMF and the World Bank, which in a single generation created a transnational underclass by imbibing a risky cocktail of deindustrialization, privatization, and anti-inflationary monetary policy that have led to the subprime mortgage scandal, the food crisis, and the fraying of traditional social bonds (marriage)
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In the 1990s and early 2000s, the U.S. economy was enjoying a long spell of economic growth that struck economists as just right. But that was before the "three bads" surfaced: bad monetary policy, bad private-sector behavior, and bad financial regulations. See how self-interest and overconfidence blinded investors, borrowers, and regulators to the financial crisis that exploded in 2007 - 2008.
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"With The Money Makers, Eric Rauchway tells the absorbing story of how FDR and his advisors pulled the levers of monetary policy to save the domestic economy and propel the United States to unprecedented prosperity and superpower status. Drawing on the ideas of the brilliant British economist John Maynard Keynes, among others, Roosevelt created the conditions for recovery from the Great Depression, deploying economic policy to fight the biggest threat...
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The official site of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia presents its tools and products that support its mission "formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank and savings and loan holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government." Includes the real-time research data center and publications, training opportunities and lesson plans for teachers.
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The site presents information on how the Boston Fed works to promote sound growth and financial stability in New England and the nation by conducting economic research, participating in monetary policy-making, supervising certain financial institutions, providing financial services and payments while playing a leadership role in the payments industry through related publications and data, news and events.
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The New York Fed oversees the Second Federal Reserve District, which includes New York state, the 12 northern counties of New Jersey, Fairfield County in Connecticut, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The sites presents the role of the New York Fed in setting monetary policy, promoting financial stability, conducting open market operations, intervening in foreign exchange markets, and storing monetary gold for foreign central banks, governments...
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Get tips to stay ahead of the economy in good times and in downturns, including how to assess reports, interpret data, and identify financial market and policy implications.
Learn about the economy around you and its implications for your job, business, and career. Economist Jason Schenker offers practical tips to help you stay ahead of the economy and capture upside opportunities during periods of growth as well as during an economic downturn. Jason...
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