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Kevin Hassett on Survey Sampling and Index Theory: He’s NEC — Not CEA — Chair, but Really?

901. Kevin Hassett on Survey Sampling and Index Theory: He’s NEC — Not CEA — Chair, but Really?

by Menzie Chinn | May 27

Update: Grocery Price Outlooks Compared

902. Update: Grocery Price Outlooks Compared

by Menzie Chinn | May 27

NPR's newsroom shrinks through buyouts and layoffs

903. NPR's newsroom shrinks through buyouts and layoffs

by David Folkenflik | May 27

More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic

904. More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic

by Scott Horsley | May 27

905. Lessons for Central Banks: Interview with Kristin Forbes

by Timothy Taylor | May 27

Texas’s Senate Race Will Be a Referendum On Healthcare

906. Texas’s Senate Race Will Be a Referendum On Healthcare

by Paul Krugman | May 27

Your future job will be to keep AI on task

907. Your future job will be to keep AI on task

by Noah Smith | May 27

908. I Did Not Invent The Concept Of Fluke Switch Points

by Robert Vienneau | May 27

ARIMA on Grocery Prices

909. ARIMA on Grocery Prices

by Menzie Chinn | May 26

Confidence Upside Surprise on Upwardly Revised April

910. Confidence Upside Surprise on Upwardly Revised April

by Menzie Chinn | May 26

Who should your team take in the NBA draft?

911. Who should your team take in the NBA draft?

by Joseph George | May 26

Tired of leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs

912. Tired of leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs

by Andrea Hsu | May 26

Gulf shrimpers want help from Congress as fuel costs climb

913. Gulf shrimpers want help from Congress as fuel costs climb

by Drew Hawkins | May 26

How Medicare and Medicaid Rely on Private Health Insurance

914. How Medicare and Medicaid Rely on Private Health Insurance

by Timothy Taylor | May 26

Tuesday's Assorted Links

915. Tuesday's Assorted Links

by Jadrian Wooten | May 26

A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data

916. A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data

by Alex Tabarrok | May 26

The Dumpster Fire of the Vanities

917. The Dumpster Fire of the Vanities

by Paul Krugman | May 26

Would Hasan Piker Steal A Car?

918. Would Hasan Piker Steal A Car?

by Joy Buchanan | May 26

What I’ve been reading

919. What I’ve been reading

by Tyler Cowen | May 26

New Aesthetics awards

920. New Aesthetics awards

by Tyler Cowen | May 25