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I'm an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the Public economics group. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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- Who were the top taxpayers in 1923?
- Trump won in counties that lost jobs to China and Mexico
- The Effect of Pension Income on Elderly Earnings: Evidence from Social Security and Full Population Data
- Why Retire When You Can Work? Hours are way up for elderly workers
- Zip-code Economics
- Financial firms make large share of pass-through income
- Pass-through income and the top 1%
- Quantitative Spatial Economics
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Tag Archives: Economic Policy
Bernanke on The Economic Recovery and Economic Policy
He concludes the speech: In sum, the U.S. economy continues to be hampered by the lingering effects of the financial crisis on its productive potential and by a number of headwinds that have hindered the normal cyclical adjustment of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Bernanke, Economic Policy, Europe, Great Recession, Neil Irwin
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Larry Summers Says We Need to Get Used to the Idea of Bigger Government – Jordan Weissmann – The Atlantic
Larry Summers Says We Need to Get Used to the Idea of Bigger Government – Jordan Weissmann – The Atlantic.
Paul Volker on Where American Economic Policy Needs to Go
This piece by Volker is worth reading: Americans have long been eager consumers and home owners. But there is no doubt we collectively overdid it during the years leading up to the financial and economic crisis of 2008. The personal … Continue reading
Great Expectations or Hard Times? Can America Restore its Economic Leadership? | IGM Forum
Great Expectations or Hard Times? Can America Restore its Economic Leadership? | IGM Forum. An interview with Nicholas Bloom
What do top economists think about Bank and Auto bailouts?
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A five point economic strategy from Larry Summers
Before getting to his 5 point economic plan, Summers argued that despite its central importance as a precautionary measure, initiating a long term debt reduction deal today, unlike in 1993, cannot be supposed to constitute a growth strategy going forward. … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Policy, Education, Energy, Investment, Jobs, larry summers, Tax Reform, Taxes
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The Future of Inequality according to Larry Summers
At a recent talk at Berkeley, Larry Summers asked us to engage in the following thought experiment. Suppose that a new technology called “the Doer” will be created tomorrow. Doers can do anything flawlessly. They can build a house, give … Continue reading
Time to Invest
People, companies, and governments should invest when it’s cheap to do so. Most commentators have been focusing on the need to invest in U.S. infrastructure. While more infrastructure investment is certainly worthwhile, these two stories reminded me that our human … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Rampell, College, Economic Policy, Education, Great Recession, Investment
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