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EconomicsExplainedJan 31, 2026How Much Does Clickbait Cost the Global Economy: Re-evaluating Value Beyond GDP
EconomicsEconomic valuationTransactional precisionUtility valueGross Domestic Product (GDP)
barryseconomicsJan 21, 2026The Deception of Economic Measurement: Why GDP and Averages Fail to Reflect Lived Reality
EconomicsGross Domestic Product (GDP)Average IncomeMedian Real Disposable IncomeIncome Inequality- barryseconomicsNov 26, 2025
The UK Budget: A Victorian Ritual Masking Economic Stagnation and Inequality
EconomicsEconomic RitualAuthority BiasStatus Quo BiasAnchoring (Cognitive Bias) 
NewEconomicThinkingJun 25, 2025The Invisible Labor: Re-evaluating Production, Reproduction, and Value Beyond Market Economics
EconomicsProductive activityGross Domestic Product (GDP)Market economyHousehold sphere / Domestic sphere- EconomicsExplainedJan 5, 2025
How Europe's Self-Inflicted Economic Challenges Lead to Stagnation and Lag Behind the USA
Economicseconomic outputrelative stagnationmass migrationlabor shortages - NewEconomicThinkingOct 9, 2024
The Economic Perversity of War: Horizontal Inequality and Flawed Welfare Measures
GeopoliticsDistributional analysisHorizontal inequalityVertical inequalityViolent conflicts - EconomicsExplainedOct 6, 2024
How Elections Introduce Economic Uncertainty, Policy Paralysis, and Long-Term Risks
EconomicsElection uncertaintyFiscal policyTrade dealsTax rates - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 21, 2024
The Case for Automatic Stabilizers: Lessons from Great Recession and COVID-19 Fiscal Responses
EconomicsAutomatic stabilizersDiscretionary fiscal policyFiscal stimulusGreat Recession - EconomicsExplainedJan 3, 2024
Japan's Economic Paradox: Three Decades of Stagnation, Housing Affordability, and a Potential Resurgence
EconomicsEconomic stagnationLimitless growthGross Domestic Product (GDP)Worker productivity - EconomicsExplainedNov 26, 2023
The Overhyped Economy of Bhutan: Gross National Happiness vs. Material Wealth
EconomicsGross National Happiness (GNH)Gross Domestic Product (GDP)Economic allocation of resourcesMaterial satisfaction - NewEconomicThinkingNov 8, 2023
Intersectional Political Economy: Reimagining Inequality, Social Reproduction, and Global Cooperation
EconomicsIntersectional political economyMeans of productionMeans of reproductionGroup inequality - EconomicsExplainedOct 18, 2023
China's Crumbling Economic Story: The Crisis of Expectations, Debt, and Deflation
EconomicsSpecial Economic PrivilegesGross Domestic Product (GDP)Economic Growth RatesDebt-to-GDP Ratio - EconomicsExplainedSep 24, 2023
The $6.5 Trillion Dollar Problem Nobody Notices: Infrastructure Maintenance and Economic Decay
EconomicsInfrastructure investmentEconomic prosperityOpportunity costsInfrastructure maintenance - EconomicsExplainedAug 6, 2023
The Shifting Global Economic Order: Globalization's Impact on US Dominance and Proposed Solutions
EconomicsEconomic outputPurchasing power parity (PPP)Global economic influenceGlobalization - MIT Open EconomyApr 5, 2023
Introduction to Development Economics: Global Inequality, Measurement Challenges, and COVID-19 Impacts
EconomicsDevelopment EconomicsPublic SectorEmpirical MethodsGross National Income (GNI) - EconomicsExplainedJan 10, 2023
The Global Repercussions of a Hypothetical Chinese Economic Collapse: A Comparative Analysis with the Soviet Union
EconomicsZero-COVID policyCivil unrestEconomic collapseGlobal economic interdependence - EconomicsExplainedDec 7, 2022
Analyzing the Reliability of China's Economic Statistics: Data Accuracy, Manipulation, and Alternative Measures
EconomicsEconomic dependencyEconomic statistics manipulationData accuracyData precision - NewEconomicThinkingNov 2, 2022
From Promises to Capital: The Legal Coding and Securitization of Debt in Modern Finance
EconomicsLegal coding of capitalFinancial assetsIntellectual property rightsDebt/Credit - EconomicsExplainedAug 29, 2022
Limitless Economic Growth in a Finite World: The Path to Sustainable Prosperity
EconomicsScarcityEconomic GrowthGross Domestic Product (GDP)Material Productivity - NewEconomicThinkingAug 3, 2022
The Broken Intellectual Property System: Dean Baker on Patents, Drug Costs, and Public Funding
EconomicsPatent monopoliesCopyright monopoliesIncentive for innovationGeneric drugs - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 25, 2021
Financing a Global Green New Deal: Economic Transformation and Climate Stabilization
EconomicsUnemployment insuranceFiscal stimulusGross Domestic Product (GDP)Build Back Better - EconomicsExplainedDec 27, 2020
Reflecting on Errors: Economics Explained's 2020 Corrections and Learnings
EconomicsIncome Gini coefficientGross Domestic Product (GDP)Gross National Product (GNP)Social Market Economy (Rhine Capitalism) - EconomicsExplainedSep 24, 2020
Why Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Is Overrated and Misleading as an Economic Indicator
EconomicsGross Domestic Product (GDP)Macro-economic measureAggregate economic measureInformal economy - EconomicsExplainedAug 2, 2020
The U.S. Economy's 33% GDP Contraction: Beyond the Headlines and Towards a Structural Recession
EconomicsGross Domestic Product (GDP)Annualized GDPConsumer SpendingGovernment Spending - EconomicsExplainedJul 16, 2020
The Economic Aftermath of a Thanos Snap: Resource Abundance vs. Innovation Decline
EconomicsThanos Snap (thought experiment)OverpopulationResource scarcityEconomic balance - EconomicsExplainedMay 17, 2020
Do We Actually Need Recessions? Understanding Their Man-Made Nature and Economic Purpose
EconomicsRecessionEconomic downturnSupply shockDemand shock - EconomicsExplainedJan 30, 2020
The Economic Paradox of Disasters: Fear, GDP, and the Broken Window
EconomicsConfidence (economic)Stock market slumpInstitutional investorsShort selling - EconomicsExplainedJan 19, 2020
The Paradox of Prosperity: South Africa's Extreme Inequality and Economic Decline
EconomicsHuman Development Index (HDI)Gini coefficientIncome Gini figuresWealth Gini figures - EconomicsExplainedDec 28, 2019
Economics Explained: A Critical Review of 2019 Mistakes, Biases, and the Importance of Information Scrutiny
EconomicsPeer reviewInformation scrutinyHuman errorCognitive bias - NewEconomicThinkingDec 11, 2019
The Evolving Role of the State in Economics: Market Failure, Government Failure, and the Case for Pluralism
EconomicsMacroeconomicsGovernment policyMonetary gains/lossesNational identity - EconomicsExplainedOct 17, 2019
Switzerland's Economic Paradox: How Confidence, Neutrality, and Banking Built a Wealthy Nation
EconomicsNominal GDP per capitaNatural resourcesInternational tradeCompetitive labor market - NewEconomicThinkingSep 11, 2019
Ethics & Economics: Reinserting Moral Judgment into Economic Analysis
EconomicsValue-free economicsLogic of choice under scarcityJust priceCustomary price - EconomicsExplainedSep 5, 2019
The World's Top Economies: GDP, Key Industries, and Defining Economic Traits
EconomicsGross Domestic Product (GDP)IndustrializationGlobal PovertyTransitioning Economy - EconomicsExplainedAug 29, 2019
The Economy of EVE Online: Mega-Projects, Industrial Scale, and Virtual Wealth
EconomicsVirtual economyCapital shipMilitary-industrial complex (analogy)In-game currency (ISK) - EconomicsExplainedAug 8, 2019
The Player-Driven Economy and GDP Calculation of EVE Online's Virtual Nations
EconomicsMassively Multiplayer Online Game (MMO)Player-driven economyIn-game nations/sovereign alliancesMonthly Economic Report (MER) - EconomicsExplainedJul 3, 2019
The Economic Pillars of Australia's Wealth: A Deep Dive into Median Net Worth, Property, and Mandatory Retirement Savings
EconomicsAverage net worthMedian net worthEconomic resilienceGlobal Financial Crisis (2008)