Latest articles by John Aziz
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Americans are sitting on lots of cash. But the Fed isn't to blame.
feature All the central bank has tried to do is to get people to spend, spend, spend
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How Japan's Shinzo Abe turned an economic recovery into a train wreck
feature Want to crush a recovery? Hike taxes.
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Is this the first sign of rising inflation?
feature U.S. wages surged last month — but that's probably no reason to get carried away...
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For millions of part-time workers, the jobs crisis isn't over
feature The underemployment rate remains abnormally high, a reflection of continuing weakness in the labor market
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Are we seeing an Alibaba bubble?
feature The Chinese internet behemoth is now more valuable than Amazon and Facebook. Some say its good luck can't last.
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Why the Rockefellers are betting on renewable energy
feature Sure, it's mostly symbolic. But the global energy business is also on the cusp of a dramatic transformation.
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Hey, conservatives: I'll trade you the corporate tax for a tax on pollution
feature Let's incentivize the right things
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America's factories are crumbling — is the economy next?
feature The average age of industrial equipment is the highest since the Great Depression
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Outsourcing won't wreck Seattle's new minimum wage. But robots might.
feature Don't worry: There's a better alternative
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The U.S. just made a huge mistake in its solar panel fight with China
feature This is the wrong trade war at the wrong time
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Why negative interest rates won't jumpstart Europe's economy
feature The European Central Bank has resorted to a seemingly extreme measure, but it's not nearly extreme enough to revive the euro zone
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Beware the self-fulfilling prophecies of economic pessimists
feature Ignore the prophets of doom
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What Mario Kart taught me about economics
feature The classic video game contains important lessons for policymakers
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Is there a savings glut?
feature To accurately measure the amount of savings in the economy, we have to look beyond the personal savings rate
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Yes, the economy is endangering Family Dollar — just not in the way you think
feature The dollar store just announced plans to shutter 370 stores, but an upbeat economy isn't the cause
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Should drug deals and prostitution be included in GDP?
feature Britain thinks so
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Don’t fret the falling tech stocks
feature Tech might be in for a hard landing, but the economy isn't
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U.S. economic confidence remains depressed — but there's hope
feature The healing power of time
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Janet Yellen's 3 questions for the economy
feature The Fed's first female chief will focus on these questions as she mulls unwinding the central bank's quantitative easing program
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Why do financial crises happen?
feature A review of Bob Swarup's Money Mania
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The real problem with Thomas Piketty's grand theory of inequality
feature Chris Giles is poking holes in the French economist's book — but they're the wrong holes
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Prepare yourselves for the robot economy revolution
feature We are at the beginning of a tidal wave of new economic innovation and growth that will change the way we think about the economy forever
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What penis-length studies can teach us about shenanigans in the financial industry
feature That Barclays has been fudging its numbers is only human nature — and points to major problems with the whole notion of self-certified data
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Should you buy stocks now?
feature Yes, if you have the patience to buy and hold for the long term
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