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Economic growth

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks at news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2017

Foreign experiments with trickle-down tax cuts: A rare proposition for a robust economy

Economics

Where have trickled-down policies been tried abroad? What were the results?

Tracking Employees to Boost Productivity

What the Developing World Can Teach Us about Economic Growth

The World

How Should We Judge our Economy?

Arts, Culture & Media

How Do We Measure Economic Change?

Why the Economy in Chile is Booming

Business, Economics and Jobs

US economic growth has slowed in recent weeks, not so in Chile, where unemployment is low and business booming.

Does Less Moving Mean Less Money?

Business, Economics and Jobs

Louise Story has been thinking about how the state of our economy may change American migration patterns. If people can’t move because they can’t sell their houses, and migration creates economic growth, what happens?

Do Environmental Regulations Promote Economic Growth?

Steve talks with MIT political scientist Stephen Meyer about his new study of the impact of environmental regulations on economic growth in the U.S. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Meyer found that the states with the toughest environmental safeguards grew significantly faster during the 1980’s than those with weaker rules.

The World

Greenhouse Smokescreen

Commentator S. Fred Singer says that international moves to control greenhouse gases are merely another effort to stunt economic growth and transfer wealth from rich countries to poor ones.

The World

Business Note: Weather Index

Living on Earth’s Jennifer Chu reports on a new weather index that may serve as nature’s stock exchange.