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Robert J. Shiller

Robert J. Shiller

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Robert J. Shiller, a 2013 Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at Yale University and the co-creator of the Case-Shiller Index of US house prices. He is the author of Irrational Exuberance, Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception (with George Akerlof), and Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events.

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    Debate: Galbraith vs. Furman on Inflation

    Months of high inflation, both in the United States and globally, have fueled intense debates about both root causes and potential solutions. Here, Jason Furman of Harvard University and James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas, Austin, offer opposing perspectives on what has become the year’s biggest economic-policy challenge.

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    While countries largely have been reluctant to attack operating nuclear reactors, the Ukraine war has shown that the taboo is fragile. Ultimately, the scale of the threat demands a renewed effort by the international community to fashion a strict legal prohibition.

     shows why the world needs a formal agreement banning attacks on live reactors and related facilities.

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