The real cause of inflation isn’t oil prices, says Johns Hopkins economist
Following the Commerce Department’s release on the morning of April 10 showing that March consumer p[……] Read More
The ‘petrodollar’ has been weakening for years, economist warn. The Iran war put a spotlight on it
The gold standard may have ended in the early 1970s, but something else quietly took its place for t[……] Read…
A Yale economist says AGI won’t automate most jobs—because they’re not worth the trouble
The conventional fear about artificial intelligence and jobs runs something like this: the robots ar[……] Read More
The jobs report looks good ‘for the wrong reasons,’ top economist warns
The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, a showin[……] Read More
Hiring just hit a level not seen since the economy was shut down during COVID, top economist says
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday the hiring rate fell to 3.1% in February, with j[……] Read More
Ex-Trump economist warns markets are hanging on ‘every word’ amid Iran conflict
Former National Economic Council director Gary Cohn discusses how conflict in Iran is impacting[……] Read More
Top economist says Iran war could trigger an economic ‘butterfly effect’—and keep inflation elevated for years
In the 1993 blockbuster film Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum’s character, Dr. Ian Malcolm, explains cha[……] Read More
Economist Dambisa Moyo: CEOs must play a role in sustaining a consumer class as AI eliminates jobs
Good morning. Today is the 250th anniversary of the publication of The Wealth of Nations by Scottish[……] Read More
Top AI economist finds link between robots and minimum wage hikes
Erik Brynjolfsson has spent the last several years building one of the most detailed empirical pictu[……] Read More