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Death and Tax Cuts

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/death-and-tax-cuts.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Save Greece by Saving its Economy first.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/opinion/save-greece-by-saving-its-economy-first.html

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR JANUS' ECON TEST

1. Explain in detail open market operations--both expansionary and contractionary. 2.  What is the yield curve? Why does an inverted yield curve often predict a recession? 3.  The efficient market theory, bubbles, and regulation. What are the connections? 4. Explain the Fed's unconventional monetary policy during the Great Recession and in its wake? 5. What are the criticisms on unconventional monetary policy?

No, Robots are not Killing the American Dream

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/opinion/no-robots-arent-killing-the-american-dream.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

FED'S DANIEL TURELLO ON BANK RISKS AND TOO BIG TO FAIL

http://bloom.bg/2kxgiPm f

Janus Questions for Test on Short and Long Run Aggregate Models

1. Please explain the shapes of the curves in the Aggregate Demand Aggregate Supply Model. 2. Explain Colander's argument for Structural Stagnation. What are its cures? 3. What are the common sense lessons about investing that you have learned from Wheelan's chapter on financial markets? Cite examples when possible.