“The Economy” Isn’t What You Think

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"The Economy" Isn’t What You Think – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:

Trump won because of the Biden economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/06/economy-biden-trump-voters/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-harris-poll-how-information-beliefs-shape-tight-2024-campaign/

Some economic trends under Biden
https://www.nber.org/papers/w31010

Fastest wage growth over the last four years among historically disadvantaged groups: Low-wage workers’ wages surged after decades of slow growth


https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/biden-harris-economy-election-loss/680592/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xl5vnlzpwo
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/biden-economy-voters-polling-numbers-covid-recovery.html

Keynes and the birth of The Economy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822386889-005

The birth of GDP and its problems
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315543000-5/gross-domestic-problem-lorenzo-fioramonti?context=ubx&refId=fec73751-7a16-40f1-a157-a98b8f984e43
https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12584
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315543000-6/development-economic-growth-stephen-macekura

Oil and growth
https://books.google.com/books?id=tWrnDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover

Cuban healthcare
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/

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