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Ryan Avent

Ryan Avent is The Economist's economics correspondent and the primary contributor to Free Exchange, an economics blog
  • Increase the Money in Circulation

    The Fed needs to buy more Treasury bonds and securities. As money in circulation rises, so too will the value of spending.

    • Ryan Avent
    • July 13, 2011
  • Trains for America

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 29, 2009
  • Deja Vu All Over Again

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 29, 2009
  • If So-and-so Jumped Off a Bridge, Would You?

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 28, 2009
  • Expectation Anchors Aweigh

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 28, 2009
  • Working On Our Backwards Walk

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 28, 2009
  • Bond. Long Bond.

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 28, 2009
  • Why Not a National Sales Tax?

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 27, 2009
  • Oil!

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 27, 2009
  • I Swear, the Last One on Cap-and-Trade

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 27, 2009
  • Out of the Ashes Rises ... Another Bubble

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 27, 2009
  • Why Health Costs Make American Workers Less Competitive

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 26, 2009
  • A Few Final Thoughts on Waxman-Markey

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 26, 2009
  • How to Think About Waxman-Markey

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 21, 2009
  • Funny Muni

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 20, 2009
  • Big (Credit Card) Bills on the Sidewalk

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 19, 2009
  • A Few Words About Inflation

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 19, 2009
  • Beyond Gas

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 19, 2009
  • Bank, Heal Thyself

    • Ryan Avent
    • May 18, 2009
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