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Betsey Stevenson

Betsey Stevenson

Chicago Tribune

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What ‘Barbie’ Can Teach Working-Class Men

Economists spend a lot of time talking about jobs. Work is not only how people support themselves financially, it can also be the way in which they...

12.03.2024 5

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

2024’s Economy Will Be Just as Unpredictable as 2023’s

Recessions are notoriously difficult to predict. At the end of 2019, for example, many pundits were forecasting a recession simply because the boom...

03.01.2024 10

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

Inflation Is Not on Anyone’s Holiday Gift List

‘Tis the season for headlines about the prices of some very specific items, such as a 16-pound turkey (down from last year) or a Christmas tree...

12.12.2023 8

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

Rules Don’t Impede Capitalism, They Make it Work

As a kid, I was obsessed with the Salem witch trials. Not the witches themselves, although there is something to be said for women using magic to...

07.12.2023 7

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

Eliminating the Women’s Bureau Won’t Balance the Budget

A federal government shutdown has been averted for now, but the countdown will begin again in January, when this round of funding runs out. The...

17.11.2023 10

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

Anger Is What’s Driving the US Economy

As it turns out, the big economic story of 2023 is not a recession, as many had predicted — it’s the disconnect between consumer sentiment and...

13.11.2023 10

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

A Strong Safety Net Helps the Whole US Economy

The typical American is a lot richer now than they were just before the pandemic — and this improvement is at least partially due to government...

31.10.2023 2

Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson

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