r/Economics Discussion Thread - 05 April 2019 Economics

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• r/Economics Discussion Thread - 05 April 2019
• Americans 55 and older are suddenly losing jobs at the fastest pace in 4 years
• U.S. Adds 196,000 Jobs in March; Unemployment at 3.8%
• A top marginal tax rate of 60% maximizes growth, for 18 OECD countries in 1965 to 2009
• Economics Professor: "Most cryptocurrency exchanges are unregulated, so they are hugely incentivized to fake trading volumes because they can do so without risking any legal repercussions" - 95% of Crypto Volume Could Be Wash Trading
• The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well.
• The World Economy Is A Pyramid Scheme, Steven Chu Says
• Trump plans to nominate Herman Cain to Fed board, aiming to add supporter to independent central bank
• Why Europe Axed Its Wealth Taxes
• The U.S. Economy Created More Jobs Than Expected In March
• Trump Heaps Pressure on Fed, Calls for Quantitative Easing, Interest Rate Cuts
• U.S. corporate leaders are getting worried about a recession
• “This Time Isn’t Different”: Why an Inverted Yield Curve Really Matters — yield curve inversion greatly restricts commercial bank lending (from the Fed’s own findings dating back to 1990) which actually helps trigger a recession as credit is restricted in the economy.
• America's bustling jobs market is still leaving some people behind
• How Accountants Break the Bad News About Tax Refunds: With Chocolate and Tissues - WSJ
• Job layoffs surge 35% to highest level to start a year in a decade
• Canada Falling Behind In the ‘Intangible’ Economy, Report Warns
• Modern Monetary Theory Finds an Embrace in an Unexpected Place: Wall Street
• All Brakes and No Engine, Central Banks Seek New Inflation Ideas
• Herman Cain promoted numerous worthless penny stocks through his mailing list
• February Jobs Report Preview: Wage Growth Is Happening Fastest for Workers in Low-Wage Industries
• Market Concentration Is Threatening the U.S. Economy
• Here's where the March jobs are — in one chart
• An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: What Prostitutes and Big-Wave Surfers Can Teach Us About Risk

r/Economics Discussion Thread - 05 April 2019 Posted: 05 Apr 2019 11:09 AM PDT Welcome to the Economics Discussion Thread! This is a place for high-quality economics discussion. submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

Americans 55 and older are suddenly losing jobs at the fastest pace in 4 years Posted: 05 Apr 2019 03:54 PM PDT submitted by /u/DoremusJessup [link] [comments]

U.S. Adds 196,000 Jobs in March; Unemployment at 3.8% Posted: 05 Apr 2019 05:46 AM PDT submitted by /u/crockpot71 [link] [comments]

A top marginal tax rate of 60% maximizes growth, for 18 OECD countries in 1965 to 2009 Posted: 05 Apr 2019 02:05 PM PDT submitted by /u/jsalsman [link] [comments]

Economics Professor: "Most cryptocurrency exchanges are unregulated, so they are hugely incentivized to fake trading volumes because they can do so without risking any legal repercussions" - 95% of Crypto Volume Could Be Wash Trading Posted: 05 Apr 2019 02:07 AM PDT submitted by /u/whatitistobe [link] [comments]

The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy. It Didn’t Go Well. Posted: 05 Apr 2019 07:59 AM PDT submitted by /u/jsalsman [link] [comments]

The World Economy Is A Pyramid Scheme, Steven Chu Says Posted: 05 Apr 2019 06:21 PM PDT submitted by /u/HolochainCitizen [link] [comments]

Trump plans to nominate Herman Cain to Fed board, aiming to add supporter to independent central bank Posted: 05 Apr 2019 05:52 AM PDT submitted by /u/fivemoretimes [link] [comments]

Why Europe Axed Its Wealth Taxes Posted: 05 Apr 2019 01:48 PM PDT submitted by /u/Judicator01 [link] [comments]

The U.S. Economy Created More Jobs Than Expected In March Posted: 05 Apr 2019 06:48 AM PDT submitted by /u/MarkAALERa [link] [comments]

Trump Heaps Pressure on Fed, Calls for Quantitative Easing, Interest Rate Cuts Posted: 05 Apr 2019 10:51 AM PDT submitted by /u/circuitloss [link] [comments]

U.S. corporate leaders are getting worried about a recession Posted: 05 Apr 2019 06:37 PM PDT submitted by /u/Stormtrooper4u [link] [comments]

“This Time Isn’t Different”: Why an Inverted Yield Curve Really Matters — yield curve inversion greatly restricts commercial bank lending (from the Fed’s own findings dating back to 1990) which actually helps trigger a recession as credit is restricted in the economy. Posted: 05 Apr 2019 02:17 PM PDT submitted by /u/Magicdonvito [link] [comments]

America's bustling jobs market is still leaving some people behind Posted: 05 Apr 2019 07:50 PM PDT submitted by /u/Stormtrooper4u [link] [comments]

How Accountants Break the Bad News About Tax Refunds: With Chocolate and Tissues - WSJ Posted: 05 Apr 2019 07:06 PM PDT submitted by /u/braveNewWorldView [link] [comments]

Job layoffs surge 35% to highest level to start a year in a decade Posted: 05 Apr 2019 03:59 PM PDT submitted by /u/DoremusJessup [link] [comments]

Canada Falling Behind In the ‘Intangible’ Economy, Report Warns Posted: 05 Apr 2019 07:21 AM PDT submitted by /u/dannylenwinn [link] [comments]

Modern Monetary Theory Finds an Embrace in an Unexpected Place: Wall Street Posted: 05 Apr 2019 05:26 PM PDT submitted by /u/ericthedreamer [link] [comments]

All Brakes and No Engine, Central Banks Seek New Inflation Ideas Posted: 05 Apr 2019 07:29 AM PDT submitted by /u/gta3uzi [link] [comments]

Herman Cain promoted numerous worthless penny stocks through his mailing list Posted: 05 Apr 2019 08:48 PM PDT submitted by /u/lingben [link] [comments]

February Jobs Report Preview: Wage Growth Is Happening Fastest for Workers in Low-Wage Industries Posted: 05 Apr 2019 06:07 PM PDT submitted by /u/MrDannyOcean [link] [comments]

Market Concentration Is Threatening the U.S. Economy Posted: 05 Apr 2019 02:39 AM PDT submitted by /u/IntelligentHatter [link] [comments]

Here's where the March jobs are — in one chart Posted: 05 Apr 2019 09:42 AM PDT submitted by /u/DoremusJessup [link] [comments]

An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: What Prostitutes and Big-Wave Surfers Can Teach Us About Risk Posted: 05 Apr 2019 01:19 PM PDT submitted by /u/punkthesystem [link] [comments]

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