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Timothy Taylor

Managing Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives
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I am the managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, based at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, which can be read for free on-line courtesy of the American Economic Association. I am the author of two books: "The Instant Economist: Everything You Need to Know About How ...more
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How Do The Very Wealthy Invest Differently?
Friday, July 23, 2021 10:40 AM EDT
It’s hard to get data on the investment patterns of the very wealthy. Many surveys are intended to cover the entire population, from to bottom, so they don’t offer many data points for looking at the behavior of the top 1% or the top 0.1%.
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Where Is Behavioral Economics Now?
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 12:11 AM EDT
Behavioral economics is the combination of insights from psychology with economic behavior.
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Snapshots Of Global Wealth
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 9:00 AM EDT
The Credit Suisse Research Institute has published Global Wealth Report 2021, its annual report looking at levels and distribution of wealth around the world (June 2021). Here are a few snapshots and comments from the report.
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Living With Hyperinflation: Lebanon Stories
Monday, July 5, 2021 9:58 PM EDT
A focus on what happens when a society is faced with extremely high inflation rates.
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Are Global Supply Chains Going To Bounce Back?
Monday, July 5, 2021 2:40 PM EDT
As the pandemic eventually wanes, a major question is what economic patterns will bounce back.
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How Wages Over The Life Cycle Have Changed
Saturday, July 3, 2021 5:03 AM EDT
Given past trends, and looking ahead 20 years, will we be viewing it as somehow “natural” that the wise 70 year-olds hold a disproportionate share of the managerial decision-making roles?
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A Central Bank Digital Currency?
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 11:55 PM EDT
A central bank's digital currency would be a form of the nation’s existing currency. Like currency in the form of coins or paper money, you would be able to use the digital currency as a medium of exchange when buying and selling.
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The Shrinking US Role In World Car Markets
Friday, June 25, 2021 11:26 PM EDT
The future of the global car industry in terms of sales, technology, and how automotive technology affects environment is going to be written largely outside US borders.
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Industry Concentration: Is It Rising Overall?
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 5:16 AM EDT
One of the simplest ways to measure the degree of competition in an industry is the “four-firm concentration ratio.”
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Nitrous Oxide, Agriculture, And Climate Change
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 1:05 AM EDT
The climate change policy agenda needs to be multidimensional, addressing the issue from many different angles.
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What Is Behind People’s Views On Tax Policy?
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 2:30 AM EDT
When economists study taxation, they typically separate two issues: one is the distributional issue of which groups are paying more or less; the other is the ways in which taxes reduce efficient economic incentives for work, savings, and so on.
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Taxation Tales And The Window Tax
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 7:00 AM EDT
Tax stories from the past, we hope to show, can be entertaining—sometimes in a weird way, sometimes in a gruesome one, and sometimes simply because they are fascinating in themselves.
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What Is Behind People's Views On Tax Policy?
Monday, May 17, 2021 10:33 AM EDT
When economists study taxation, they typically separate two issues: one is the distributional issue of which groups are paying more or less; the other is the ways in which taxes reduce efficient economic incentives for work, savings, investment.
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Interview: Unemployment And Labor Markets
Monday, May 17, 2021 5:03 AM EDT
It is important to remember that labor markets always have, at the same time, both unemployed workers who are looking for jobs and employers who have job vacancies.
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The Slow Magic From Agricultural R&D
Saturday, May 15, 2021 4:00 AM EDT
For much of human history, a majority of people have worked in agriculture. In the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, about half of all workers are currently in agriculture--more in lower-income countries.
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Is The Pandemic Worse In Lower-Income Countries?
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 10:28 AM EDT
There are certainly cases where the pandemic has hit some areas hard outside of high-income countries.
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