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You can make this stuff up
May 10, 2017
How did "fake news" affect the 2016 U.S. presidential election?
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AEA Member Announcements: AEA Editorial Search -- Request for suggestions for new short paper journal (May 10, 2017)
May 10, 2017
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Is digital "dark matter" skewing our GDP statistics?
May 9, 2017
Examining the mismeasurement hypothesis
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The frenzy of the job market at the AEA annual meeting
May 9, 2017
NPR's Planet Money followed one graduate student as he interviewed for jobs at the 2017 AEA annual meeting in Chicago.
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William J. Baumol (1922-2017)
May 8, 2017
William J. Baumol died on May 4 at the age of 95.
AEA in the news
How insurers favor lower cost Medicare patients
May 8, 2017
The New York Times cited an article in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy that showed how insurers design benefits to favor patients with conditions that are less costly to treat.
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Getting dads to sign on the dotted line
May 3, 2017
Will getting more single fathers to acknowledge legal paternity improve life for the child?
Recommendations for Further Reading
Waste in health care, the digital era's productivity paradox, and India's uncertain future
May 3, 2017
Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives
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