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As a former scientist, help me gain some faith in economics. What were the great successes of economics as a tool for making better decisions in the last 100 years? [more inside]
posted by zaebiz
on Jun 23, 2009 -
20 answers
[MonetaryPolicyFilter] In relation to the Fed's huge injection of money yesterday, please explain to me how, if at all, the Federal Reserve can destroy money on its balance sheet in a way that offsets the inflation that normally would result. [more inside]
posted by Pastabagel
on Mar 19, 2009 -
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First let me say I'am ignorant when it comes to economics, but I'd like to have a better understand of it. With that in mind this clip makes sense to me but I also understand it flys in the face of everything held to be sensible about modern economics. Help me understand. Thanks.
posted by nola
on Feb 19, 2009 -
8 answers
[EconomistFilter] Are interest based money systems fundamentally broken? [more inside]
posted by symbollocks
on Dec 11, 2008 -
23 answers
I'm looking for a good, intermediate economics textbook. [more inside]
posted by dead_
on Nov 14, 2008 -
3 answers
With all the bickering over taxes in the election campaign, I'm trying to get a broader picture of US income tax history, theories behind past policies, and analysis of how they worked (in idiot friendly language). [more inside]
posted by p3t3
on Oct 17, 2008 -
4 answers
Anybody have experience in investing in virtual world banks/businesses/markets (such as those in SecondLife.com etc)? Do they provide a serious way of making a sensible risk/reward on five or six figure investments? [more inside]
posted by vizsla
on Aug 12, 2008 -
22 answers
Economics Filter: Monetary Policy and the Fed, when do we raise and lower rates and why? [more inside]
posted by idledebonair
on Apr 22, 2008 -
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What's the safest possible thing that I can do with my money? [more inside]
posted by Afroblanco
on Mar 20, 2008 -
28 answers
Bill Hicks said, in one of his acts, and I quote "It's gonna fuck up the economy... the economy thats fake anyway!" Is the economy fake? [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000
on Feb 2, 2008 -
27 answers
(Possibly Advanced) Economics Filter:
How does new value created by industry and economy become money? [more inside]
posted by SlyBevel
on Dec 28, 2007 -
32 answers
Should I be worried about an impending collapse of the US dollar? [more inside]
posted by doctorcurly
on Sep 20, 2007 -
20 answers
Why would ripping up money make money more valuable? Would it? [more inside]
posted by takeyourmedicine
on Aug 14, 2007 -
20 answers
How do I find out the value of a dollar in a given year? [more inside]
posted by serazin
on May 4, 2007 -
11 answers
How do you value the content of a blog, or any media company, whose content isn't made up of physical assets? [more inside]
posted by mrgreyisyelling
on Dec 3, 2006 -
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How do shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway earn income? It seems that dividends haven't been issued since 1967. Short of selling the stock, isn't the investment "tied up"? [more inside]
posted by daksya
on May 9, 2005 -
19 answers
What is the cheapest you could live and still maintain a fairly normal lifestyle? [more inside]
posted by Jaybo
on Oct 11, 2004 -
30 answers
Money confuses and scares me. [further within] [more inside]
posted by Pretty_Generic
on May 6, 2004 -
26 answers