The Best Articles in Economy
The most useful articles and videos in Economy from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 Economy Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Economy by Refind users in 2024 so far.
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Game theory can explain humanity’s biggest problem
Harvard professor Steven Pinker explains that everyone suffers from this rationality error.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channe...
The REAL Reason Unemployment is So Scary
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How Working Hours May Be a Recession Indicator
Employees are actually working fewer hours as hiring booms, which could be a sign of incoming layoffs—and a possible recession. The current average number of...
(11) The Future of Capitalism: From PROFIT to PURPOSE
Reforming, not eliminating, capitalism is vital for our future. Learn about the power of leadership in restoring faith in the system, building trust up and d...
Tipping, Explained: Why Two-Thirds of Americans View It Negatively
You’re being asked to tip more and more places today. If you’re annoyed, you’re not alone. A survey by Bankrate found a third of people are annoyed by those ...
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New to Economy? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What Is A Recession? Everything You Need To Know
Forget everything you think you know about the term at a time when fears about the first contraction since the coronavirus pandemic swirl.
An Introduction to AI and Economics
So far, the adoption rate of methods of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) has been quite uneven across the economics profession. The uptake of these methods has been heavily…
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How to Create Real Housing Affordability, With Dignity
The lessons of New Town at St. Charles.
How to Make Guaranteed Income Work
As more and more cities and nonprofits implement cash-grant “guaranteed income” programs, it is important to keep some critical program design elements in mind.
How to Get Anyone to Do Anything (Ep. 463)
The social psychologist Robert Cialdini is a pioneer in the science of persuasion. His 1984 book Influence is a classic, and he has just published an expanded and revised edition. In this episode of…
«the seven psychological levers that bewitch our rational minds and lead us to buy, behave, or believe without a second thought.»
How to actually give people free money: The messy reality of UBI
With universal basic income (UBI) on everyone's lips, the process of reliably and consistently transferring cash remains surprisingly complex.
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The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular?
Cities around the world reveal surprising truths about getting the public on board with cutting car-use.
«Barcelona introduced free travel for three years for those who got rid of polluting cars,»
The Vicious Spiral of Political and Economic Inequality
Reagan’s 1986 Tax Reform Act, which slashed the highest marginal tax rate from 50 to 28 percent, was one of the largest and most regressive tax cuts in the history of the United States.
Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco
I don’t know whether these billionaires know what a city is, but I do know that they have laid their hands on the city...
Tax Changes and Key Amounts for the 2024 Tax Year
There are lots of tax changes for 2024. Some reflect prior-year inflation. Others are new rules. But one thing is certain...all taxpayers are affected.
Short Articles
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The Barcode Engineered Its Own Downfall
For decades, the tiny symbol has been the plumbing of global capitalism. It might finally be replaced.
Will the Global Economy Keep Growing in the Coming Years?
On a personal level, knowing and understanding the trends of the global economy can help us decide our careers, finances, and investments.
How to Spot Corporate Bullshit ❧ Current Affairs
A new book shows that the same talking points have been recycled for centuries, to oppose every form of progressive change.
Compounding Optimism
Let me share a little theory I have about optimism, and why progress is so easy to underestimate. I’ll explain it in four parts. A crocodile in Costa Rica was found pregnant recently – and she did it…
«What’s relevant to a society is how well people are communicating their ideas, and how well they’re cooperating, not how clever the individuals are»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Economy.
How China took over the world’s online shopping carts
Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok Shop are going global with big ambitions.
What If Money Expired?
A long-forgotten German economist argued that society and the economy would be better off if money was a perishable good. Was he an anarchist crank or the prophet of a better world?
«Money is abstract, absurd. It’s a belief system, a language, a social contract. Money is trust. But the rules aren’t fixed in stone.”»
Against Automaticity
An explanation of why tricks like priming, nudge, the placebo effect, social contagion, the “emotional inception” model of advertising, most “cognitive biases,” and any fiel…
A surprisingly radical proposal: Make people happier — not just wealthier and healthier
We finally have good data on what makes people happy. Why are we afraid to use it?
The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
1. Once upon a time, around 2014, I began writing What’s Mine. It will be a novel about someone whose home gets invaded by this annoying person, I wrote to my agent. It turns out this annoying pers…
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