Justin Wolfers

Type: Person

Name: Justin Wolfers

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 1 reports

Wolfers: How to Understand What the Fed Says

The world will be paying close attention when, on June 19, the Federal Reserve announces the results of its two-day policy-making meeting. The big question is what, if anything, the announcement will communicate.At its previous meeting, the Fed reaffirmed ... [Published Bloomberg - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Justin Wolfers, Ben Bernanke, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Bu..., Princeton University

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

DC Economists Recommend New Policies for Women

Married career women are growing group, important to their familiesTweetLiza Mundy (left) discusss the economics of marriage with Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy at the University of Michigan and her partner Justin Wolfers, economist and ... [Published Epoch Times - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Divorce, Justin Wolfers, New America Foundation, Uncontested Divorce, Gaithersburg (United States)

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

University of Michigan

Rubber Ducky Awards: Happiness economics

Rubber duckies to the government of France, Joseph Stiglitz, the United Nations Human Development Report and anti-growth activists everywhere who have been arguing for the past couple of decades that beyond a basic, low amount people don’t really benefit ... [Published Financial Post | Opinion » FP Comment - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Well-being, Justin Wolfers, Joseph Stiglitz, Government of France, University of Michigan

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Economist Betsey Stevenson: working parenthood ?not just a woman’s issue”

“Taking time out of the market comes with a lot of baggage, for women,” said Betsey Stevenson, a public policy professor and economist who?s just been named to Obama?s Council of Economic Advisers. She explained that the costs of even a temporary absence ... [Published Salon - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Justin Wolfers, Council of Economic Advisers, New America Foundation

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

EHarmony

Why My Billion-Dollar Plan Won't Work The Way I Want it To, by Art Carden

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek On May 29, I offered my proposal for how I would answer Bryan's " spend a billion dollars " proposal and asked readers ... [Published EconLog - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Incentives, Jack Miller Center, Justin Wolfers, Government of Finland, EHarmony

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Council of Economic Advisers

Betsey Stevenson is headed to the Council of Economic Advisers

A very good pick of course, and her partner Justin Wolfers will visit again at Brookings, or so I am told on Twitter. ... [Published Marginal Revolution - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Council of Economic Advisers, Justin Wolfers, Twitter

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 2 reports

MarketWatch Inc

UPDATE 1: 'OK, but not overwhelming' -- jobs reactions

Today 9:25 AM ET (MarketWatch)PrintWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Here are some reactions from economists and other analysts to the news the U.S. created 175,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate edged up to 7.6%.Read our full coverage of the May jobs ... [Published TD Ameritrade - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Unemployment Rate, MarketWatch Inc, Twitter, Plante Moran Financial Advisors, JIM BAIRD

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Laura Vanderkam: Can wealth really buy happiness?

_ With the Dow Jones industrial average closing above 15,000 for the first time, the economy is looking buoyant this spring. Unfortunately, the economic indicator most people care about the size of their paychecks is still stuck in the winter doldrums. ... [Published Livingston Daily.com - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Angus Deaton, Daniel Kahneman, Justin Wolfers

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

Young Ben Bernanke Was A Local Spelling Bee Champion

As American grade-schoolers vie for the top prize in the 2013 Scripps Spelling Bee, University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers points out that at least one local champion went on to become Chairman of the Federal Reserve:Can you guess which ... [Published Business Insider Australia - May 30 2013]

Entities: Ben Bernanke, Justin Wolfers, Chairman of the Federal Reserve

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Can wealth really buy happiness? Column

Money spent nurturing social ties is probably money well spent because humans are social creatures. / Jerry Lai, USA TODAY Sportsby Laura Vanderkam, USATODAYFiled UnderWith the Dow Jones industrial average closing above 15,000 for the first time, the ... [Published Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - May 27 2013]

Entities: Angus Deaton, Daniel Kahneman, Justin Wolfers

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Reader riposte: Countering Krugman

If you are going to link to yet more Krugman on austerity, you should also link to the contra argument, namely Tyler Cowen, Steven Pearlstein, Larry Summers, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, and finally N Gregory Mankiw. And I didn't even get near ... [Published The Interpreter - May 22 2013]

Entities: white Paper, N. Gregory Mankiw, Steven Pearlstein

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Does more money = happiness?

For more Last Look, watch$ GPS, Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on$ CNN Economists have always been fascinated by the link between income and happiness. In the 1970s, we learned of the Easterlin Paradox. The economist Richard Easterlin argued that more ... [Published CNN - May 21 2013]

Entities: Richard Easterlin, Justin Wolfers, Iran, India

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Wolfers: How to Understand What the Fed Says [Published Bloomberg - 9 hours ago]
DC Economists Recommend New Policies for Women [Published Epoch Times - Jun 15 2013]
Rubber Ducky Awards: Happiness economics [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Jun 14 2013]
Economist Betsey Stevenson: working parenthood ... [Published Salon - Jun 13 2013]
Economist Betsey Stevenson: working parenthood ... [Published Salon - Jun 13 2013]
7 Tips For A Happier Retirement [Published Business Insider Australia - Jun 13 2013]
Why My Billion-Dollar Plan Won't Work The Way I... [Published EconLog - Jun 13 2013]
President Obama Nominates Betsey Stevenson to C... [Published The White House - Jun 12 2013]
7 Ways Baby Boomers Can Be Happier [Published US News & World Report - Jun 11 2013]
Juliet Michaelson: The Truth About Money and H... [Published Huffington Post UK - Jun 11 2013]
Betsey Stevenson is headed to the Council of Ec... [Published Marginal Revolution - Jun 10 2013]
More to forecasting than neoclassicals and Nost... [Published Business Spectator - Jun 10 2013]
UPDATE 1: 'OK, but not overwhelming' -- jobs re... [Published TD Ameritrade - Jun 07 2013]
'OK, but not overwhelming' -- jobs reactions [Published TD Ameritrade - Jun 07 2013]
Laura Vanderkam: Can wealth really buy happiness? [Published Livingston Daily.com - Jun 02 2013]
Young Ben Bernanke Was A Local Spelling Bee Cha... [Published Business Insider Australia - May 30 2013]
Young Ben Bernanke Was A Local Spelling Bee Cha... [Published Clusterstock - May 30 2013]
Can wealth really buy happiness? Column [Published Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - May 27 2013]
Reader riposte: Countering Krugman [Published The Interpreter - May 22 2013]
Does more money = happiness? [Published CNN - May 21 2013]
Guest Post: Fed Policy Risks, Hedge Funds And B... [Published Zero Hedge - May 16 2013]
The real meaning of Niall Ferguson’s John Mayna... [Published 3quarksdaily - May 09 2013]
Ari Rabin-Havt: The Economic Homophobia of Nial... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - May 08 2013]
Counterparties: Bipartisan disagreements [Published Felix Salmon - May 07 2013]
Wonkbook: Can gun control rise again? [Published Ezra Klein - May 07 2013]
Sex, Economics, and Austerity [Published TAPPED - May 06 2013]
A Couple Of Words On Niall Ferguson, Ctd [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 06 2013]
Are We Missing the Debt Debate’s Real Point? [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 06 2013]
Niall Ferguson Uses Homophobic Slur To Dismiss ... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 05 2013]
CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR: Niall Ferguson Has Linked ... [Published Clusterstock - May 05 2013]