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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics. Who are they?
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David Brancaccio
, Daniel Shin
and Redmond Carolipio
Oct 8, 2018
The work of William Nordhaus focused on climate change, while Paul Romer examined tech factors in calculating economic growth.
The last CEO standing from the financial crisis
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 3, 2018
Cybersecurity is now the top worry of Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
California struggles to determine who will pay for fires
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Jed Kim
Aug 28, 2018
Wildfires are expected to be deadlier and costlier in coming years. State utilities say they can't afford to keep paying for damages.
Why is this group updating the "social cost of carbon"?
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Jed Kim
Jul 18, 2018
President Trump has effectively weakened the government's calculation of the costs of carbon emissions. Others are working to make it much stronger.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt resigns
Jul 5, 2018
President Donald J. Trump announced the news in a tweet this afternoon.
Is a country's economic growth inherently tied to democracy?
by
Dambisa Moyo
Apr 23, 2018
An excerpt from economist Dambisa Moyo's book, "Edge of Chaos."
What happens when a new technology that is better for the environment also eliminates jobs?
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Emily Guerin
Feb 9, 2018
A union in California goes up against the rising tide of automation.
How the Rockefellers came to be at odds with Big Oil
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Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 12, 2018
Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would divest its pension funds from fossil fuels and that the city would sue the big five oil companies. The reason? To collect damages for the cost of coping with the effects of climate change on city infrastructure. The irony […]
With increased wildfires, utilities in California are trying to pass on the cost of damages to customers
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Sam Harnett
Jan 2, 2018
Lawmakers in California have introduced a bill to make it harder for state utilities to have customers cover the cost of fire damage.
Nuclear threats, financial risks and trade agreement breakdowns — what's ahead for 2018
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Janet Nguyen
and Kimberly Adams
Jan 1, 2018
Here are some of the trends identified in the Stratfor Worldview's annual forecast.
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Econ Crash Course, Week 1: The hockey stick
Welcome to the first week of our “Econ 101” crash course. Together, we’ll read one chapter each week from Core Econ’s “E…