Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Hillel Cohen)
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: January 22, 2024.] Russ Roberts: Today is January 22nd, 2024, and my guest is historian and author Hillel Cohen of Hebrew University. He’s the author of many books. In 2015, he published Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929, which is our topic for today. Hillel, welcome to EconTalk. Hillel Cohen: […]
A Tale of Two Economies
Traditional tools of economic calculation. Is this the best economy or the worst economy? It depends on who you ask. Many people say that the US economy is doing great. We have had record stock prices, modest GDP growth, low unemployment, and falling inflation. Current economic forecasts have grown more positive and consumer sentiment has […]
Germany’s economy is on shaky ground and there are few signs of hope
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, r-l), Robert Habeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, and Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, follow the debate at the start of the budget week. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Good news has been sparse for the German economy. And […]
Our On-Going Covid Pandemic and the Labor Market
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. My previous round-up on Covid and “the economy” focused mainly on macro economic effects like GDP, or the total cost of Long Covid (“17% of pre-COVID US GDP). In this post, I want to dig deeper into Covid and the labor market. First, in what may look like a diversion, […]
