Economics August 2003 Archive

I've had a few questions about the gold standard since I became the Economics Guide here at About. This week I've decided to tackle the most basic question on ... Read More

In articles such as "Why Don't Prices Decline During A Recession?" and "Why Does Money Have Value?" I discuss the four factors which determine inflation. One of the factors, ... Read More

I don't know how many times I've been asked questions similar to "What's the difference between nominal and real?" since I started working for About in December. Terms like ... Read More

There was some uncertainty about if the Bank of Canada would cut interest rates in September. The uncertainty seems to be over, as inflation statistics released this week were ... Read More

The other resource centers I created last week were quite well received, so I created a new one on the stock market. The "Stock Market Economics Resource Center" contains all ... Read More

Another day, another resource center. The "Money Resource Center" is a list of all the articles and subject pages on Economics at About.com related to money and monetary ... Read More

Will technology ever reach a point where the production process becomes so automated that humankind will become collectively unemployed? Or as James D. Miller asks "Will robots steal all ... Read More

While not a blog, the front page of Economics at About.com has some blog-like features and is now currently available for trade at Blogshares. According to their site: "BlogShares ... Read More

Subjects are the collection of links on the left hand side of the screen such as Business Cycles and Game Theory which take you to a list of resources on ... Read More

If we use the analysis from "Why Does Money Have Value" we see that the inflation rate should rise during a boom and fall during a recession. This point ... Read More

Most of us use credit cards every day to purchase goods and services. Does that make credit cards a form of money? In "Are Credit Cards A Form ... Read More

It seems that in every stage in the softwood lumber dispute both the Americans and Canadians have been claiming victory. The most recent NAFTA panel decision on the softwood ... Read More

In my article "How Markets Use Information To Set Prices" we saw how various markets, such as the stock market, use the collective information of investors to set prices. ... Read More

I'm not always the most organized person in the world, and this site can often be a reflection of that fact. In the spirit of the "FairTax Resource ... Read More

My second resource center of the day after the "Softwood Lumber Dispute Resource Center" is for the many, many Canadians I have coming to the site. The "Canadian Dollar Resource Center" ... Read More

For my final resource center of the night, I've created a list of resources on deflation called the "Deflation Resource Center". This follows the "Softwood Lumber Dispute Resource Center" ... Read More

In this week's article titled "Expansionary Monetary Policy vs. Contractionary Monetary Policy" I examine the effects changes in monetary policies have on the economy. The topic shows up on ... Read More

I wonder how much longer the media is going to refer to George W. Bush as a conservative. The American government currently seems to be anti-Free Trade and pro-big ... Read More

We've seen in many articles on this site such as "How Markets Use Information to Set Prices" that the beliefs people hold are vital in determining important parts of our ... Read More

To absolutely nobody's surprise, talks between the American and Canadian government on the softwood lumber dispute have broken down again. The Canadian side left the negotiations after an American ... Read More

I must admit I haven't been actively following the situation in California as I currently reside in New York state. Bond rating companies, however, have been actively monitoring the ... Read More