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Consumption inequality and income inequality

…Attanasio (University College London, Department of Economics), Erik Hurst (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business) & Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University, Department of Economics), The Evolution of Income, Consumption, and…

Extraordinarily warm tempratures

…a new record was set 9 days in a row, including chicago, when observing 7 consecutive record temps at a location is a once in a meteorological blue moon experience……

Links worth noting

…and more supportive of having big businesses and wealthy pay higher taxes) Brad DeLong, Grasping Reality, Heartening News about what Economists Think (Feb. 16, 2012) (noting that a recent Chicago

Small businesses and drive the economy?

…for Economic Studies), Who Creates Jobs? Small vs. Large vs. Young Erik Hurst & Benjamin Pugsley (both of the University of Chicago, Department of Economics), What Do Small Businesses Do?]…