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Inflation Index Calculation Basics — Brian Romanchuk
There are three main steps needed to calculate a consumer price index.Determine weightings based on consumption.Go out and measure prices in the economy.Aggregate the measured prices into sub-indices which are in turn aggregated into an overall price index.Statistical issues ensue. Bond EconomicsInflation Index Calculation BasicsBrian Romanchuk
Read More »Lowering inflation isn’t a job for a one-trick pony — Yeva Nersisyan
Op-ed by MMT economist Yeva Nersisyan.The HillLowering inflation isn’t a job for a one-trick ponyYeva Nersisyan | Associate Professor of economics at Franklin and Marshall College
Read More »On termine Thomas Piketty (Avec Xavier Delmas)
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Read More »Εκδήλωση Κοινωνικού Πολύκεντρου ΑΔΕΔΥ στην Αλεξανδρούπολη: Οι αμοιβές στο Δημόσιο
Το Κοινωνικό Πολύκεντρο σε συνεργασία με την ΑΔΕΔΥ και το Νομαρχιακό Τμήμα ΑΔΕΔΥ Έβρου πραγματοποιούν εκδήλωση στην Αλεξανδρούπολη με θέμα “Οι αμοιβές στο Δημόσιο” την Τετάρτη 8 Φεβρουαρίου στις 17:00 στο Alexander Beach Hotel (Νέα Χιλή Αλεξανδρούπολης). Το θέμα “Το επίπεδο και η εξέλιξη των αμοιβών στον ελληνικό δημόσιο τομέα” θα παρουσιάσει ο καθηγητής Τμ. Κοινωνικής Πολιτικής του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου, κ. Στ. Μαυρουδέας. Επίσης θα παρουσιαστούν οι δράσεις του Κ.Π....
Read More »Household or Establishment Survey, which is Right?
Yesterday, we went off on the topic discussing changes or increases to the Household numbers. This commentary by Dean Baker looks like it might fit with our earlier discussion. Job Growth: Is the Household or Establishment Survey Right? cepr.net. Dean Baker. The January report showed that the economy added 517,000 jobs in January, far more than most analysts had expected. The household survey showed the unemployment rate dipping down to 3.4...
Read More »Scenes from the blockbuster jobs report 1: in January, nobody* got laid off!
Scenes from the blockbuster jobs report 1: in January, nobody* got laid off! (*hyperbole) – by New Deal democrat There’s no important new economic data until Thursday this week. Meanwhile, there was lots to digest about Friday’s blockbuster jobs report, which I have now done, so I’m going to spend a couple (maybe 3!) days diving in to the details. Today I’ll deal with how seasonality and a very tight labor market were decisively important...
Read More »A methodological credo
What enables and yet constrains research? What is both medium and outcome of research? What do researchers reproduce without even knowing it? What is supposed to unite researchers but may divide them? What empowers researchers to speak but is never fully articulated? What is played out in the routine of research but can never be routinised? What is the responsibility of all researchers but for which none has a mandate? The answer to all of these riddles is METHODOLOGY.
Read More »Kränkthetspladdret på våra universitet
Kränkthetspladdret på våra universitet Det handlar om en gästföreläsning på masterprogrammet i sexologi vid Malmö universitet … Gästföreläsaren visade rasistiska nidbilder, som så kallade blackfaces och yellowfaces, och använde flera gånger n-ordet. Till saken hör att ordet och nidbilderna var en del av en medveten pedagogisk strategi. Eller som tre ansvariga vid universitetet skrev i ett svar på en insändare i Sydsvenskan: ”Avsikten med den presentation...
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