Steven Levitt, famous for his Freakanomics, shows that being an economist is not just mouthing supply and demand.
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Doubts and Hopes About The Treasury
The kerfuffle over the budget leaks precipitated a public exposure of a simmering concern about the quality of Treasury’s work.
Before the substantive issue which this column is about – whether there has been a deterioration in the economic advice given to the government – a paragraph about the budget leaks.
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The acheivements of two outstanding economists who died recently illustrate just how diverse the profession is.
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