Økonomi

Studiegjeld

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Mer enn 5 millioner amerikanere har droppet avdrag på studielånet i mer enn 9 måneder. Nå begynner myndighetene å trekke det i inntekten, for første gang siden pandemien. Trekket er opp til 15% av inntekt etter skatt.

Bech Holte slår effektivt ben under sitt eget prosjekt

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Martin B. Holm, førsteamanuensis ved Økonomisk Institutt, Universitetet i Oslo, DN 08.12.25 Martin Bech Holte forholder seg til data som fanden leser bibelen. Det er synd, fordi det ødelegger det som kunne vært en konstruktiv debatt om hvordan Norge bør se ut. Jeg er blindernøkonom. I den nye boken sin har Bech Holte et helt … Les mer

AI is creating ‘workslop’ and hindering productivity

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A new study shows that it’s leading to an overwhelming amount of low-quality output labeled “workslop,” which is creating more work for people on the receiving end and costing businesses money. Researchers from the Harvard Business Review, in collaboration with the Stanford Social Media Lab, coined the term “workslop” to describe the emerging problem. HBR’s … Les mer

America is now way richer than Europe

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Yascha Mounk, May 15th, 2025. Published in The Dispatch When I recently spoke to Paul Krugman on his interview show, for example, I casually mentioned the astonishing economic divergence between Europe and the United States. Whereas both continents were similarly affluent a few decades ago, America is now nearly twice as rich as Europe. Largely … Les mer

Providing or extracting value

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Does the finance industry add value, or just chaos? From crashing economies to turning homes into gambling chips, it’s made billions while leaving us questioning its worth. We unpack its core role—connecting capital to land, labor, and ideas—and how it fueled the Industrial Revolution and consumer credit. But today’s mega-banks, high-frequency trades, and info gaps … Les mer

Økt ulikhet rammer små bedrifter

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Småbedrifter får låne mindre i banken når de rike blir rikere. Ny forskning, basert på amerikanske data, gir innsikt i en kompleks sammenheng mellom ulikhet og jobbskaping. De tre forskerne bak arbeidsnotatet «Income Inequality and Job Creation«, publisert på forskernettstedet NBER og hos New York Fed, dokumenterer en kanal som forklarer hvordan økende ulikhet i … Les mer

The Doorman Fallacy

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Rory Sutherland wrote about ‘doorman fallacy’ on page 126 of  Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life. «The ‘doorman fallacy‘, as I call it, is what happens when your strategy becomes synonymous with cost-saving and efficiency; first you define a hotel doorman’s role as ‘opening the door’, … Les mer

James Robinson – The Narrow Corridor

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In a 2019 interview with Yascha Mounk I don’t think the evidence is consistent with the idea that slavery was good for economic development in the United States. If you look at the U.S. South, it was a lot poorer. It had very little manufacturing industry. It was less urbanized. It was much less publicly … Les mer