Three things for the economy-minded to be doing on a Friday in July:
– Study a very, very clever interactive graphic from the New York Times showing that the business cycle is far from round. Here.
– Marvel at one of the Centre for Economic Policy Research’s new papers — either “The Potato’s Contribution to Population and Urbanization” or “Kinky Choices, Dictators and Split Might: A Non-Cooperative Model for Household Consumption and Labor Supply”.
– Come up with a new visual metaphor for the direction of the global economy. We have had L, U, V and W. Most recently we have heard of the Nike Swoosh and saxophone-shaped recovery (with the flat mouthpiece heading off into the distance).
If you have another one, or something else to while away a Friday, share it.
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