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“This historic legislation makes crucial investments in energy, health care, and in shoring up the nation’s tax system. These investments will fight inflation and lower costs for American families while setting the stage for strong, stable, and broadly-shared long-term economic growth,” 126 economists said in a letter sent to congressional leadership Tuesday, which was first …

The July jobs report, released Friday, said that US employers added 1.8 million jobs during the month and that the unemployment rate declined to 10.2%. That beat economists’ expectations of 1.5 million payrolls added in July and a 10.5% unemployment rate. The report indicated progress in the labor-market recovery from the coronavirus recession, but it …

CLOSE A Springfield lawmaker is proposing a new tax break for makers of medical supplies that he says will grow the state economy and bring critical supplies that have been scarce in the pandemic closer to home. Three economists say it probably won’t work like that. Rep. Steve Helms’ “Mighty Missouri Medical Manufacturing Act” would …

SHAY O’CONNOR, WDSU NEWS. SHERMAN: THANKS. MORE HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AFTER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES ANOTHER RELIEF PACKAGE. UNDER THE NEW $484 BILLION PACKAGE, $310 BILLION IS DEDICATED TO FUNDING THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PPP. $60 BILLION IS RESERVED FOR SMALL LENDERS AND COMMUNITY BANKS. LOCAL …

Imagine if American health policy were established by the consensus of health economists. What would the system look like? A survey of nearly 200 Ph.D. health economists working in the United States provides some clues. The survey, presented at the American Society of Health Economists conference in Washington last summer, was conducted by the health …

Jan 18th 2020 SINCE THE ancient Greeks, at least, people have recognised that civilisational progress tends to create havoc as well as opportunity. Economists have had little time for such concerns. To them, technological progress is the wellspring of long-run growth, and the only interesting question is how best to coax more innovation out of …

For the historian of science and technology, the Narendra Modi government’s ambitious push for electric vehicles (EVs) should ring a bell. After many decades, India is witnessing once again the unseemly fraternisation of high technology and authoritarian governance. On the one hand, the government has championed EV, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and packaged sundry technologies into …