**Mohamed El-Erian's take on the MMT debate**
*by tachyonburst (<https://redd.it/b10g29>)*
https://www.afr.com/news/economy/monetary-policy/mohamed-elerians-take-on-the-mmt-debate-20190314-h1ccnx

**Statistics Canada says household debt grew faster than income in fourth-quarter**
*by Wagamaga (<https://redd.it/b10lvz>)*
https://www.thestar.com/business/2019/03/14/statistics-canada-says-household-debt-grew-faster-than-income-in-fourth-quarter.html

**China industrial output growth falls to 17-year low, more support steps expected**
*by Soupjoe5 (<https://redd.it/b10mrh>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-activity/china-industrial-output-growth-falls-to-17-year-low-more-support-steps-expected-idUSKCN1QV058

**A new survey shows that zero top US economists agreed with the basic principles of an economic theory supported by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez**
*by punkthesystem (<https://redd.it/b10pom>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/economist-survey-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-modern-monetary-theory-2019-3

**US new home sales declined 6.9 percent in January**
*by pipsdontsqueak (<https://redd.it/b10ukg>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/us-new-home-sales-declined-6point9-percent-in-january-a-sign-government-shutdown-hurt-buying.html

**WSJ Survey: Economists Cut Forecasts for Jobs and Economic Growth in Early 2019**
*by Wagamaga (<https://redd.it/b113d2>)*
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wsj-survey-economists-cut-forecasts-for-jobs-and-economic-growth-in-early-2019-11552572000

**When Facebook goes down, an economy goes with it - Facebook’s outage cost small advertisers thousands of dollars**
*by speckz (<https://redd.it/b114ns>)*
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265002/facebook-instagram-outage-ad-revenue-lost

**China's Economy - Not So Big After All: New research suggests that China's economy is only half the size of America's—and growing much more slowly than officially reported.**
*by NineteenEighty9 (<https://redd.it/b11f2k>)*
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-economy-not-so-big-after-all-46887

**LSE: Valuing the Environmental Benefits of Canals Using House Prices (PDF)**
*by Central_Bank_Bot (<https://redd.it/b123yo>)*
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1604.pdf

**Market Chaos and the Inadequacies of Deleveraging**
*by hollyhe611 (<https://redd.it/b127e8>)*
https://macropolo.org/market-chaos-inadequacies-deleveraging/

**China: From Technology Copycat to Innovator**
*by FarrisAT (<https://redd.it/b12f1n>)*
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/52/technology-from-copycats-to-innovators/

**Bruegel: The European Union’s response to the trade crisis**
*by mberre (<https://redd.it/b12te9>)*
http://bruegel.org/2019/03/the-european-unions-response-to-the-trade-crisis/

**Survey: Economists Lower Growth, Jobs Forecast for First Quarter**
*by TheCrunk1 (<https://redd.it/b1366a>)*
https://www.etftrends.com/core-etf-channel/economists-lower-growth-jobs-forecast-for-first-quarter/

**China suggests linking an official state visit by Xi to a US trade deal, sources say**
*by pipsdontsqueak (<https://redd.it/b13kqc>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/china-suggests-linking-official-state-visit-by-xi-to-trump-trade-deal-sources.html

**Marijuana Industry looks like fastest growing job market in US.**
*by Saucepass87 (<https://redd.it/b14f8t>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/the-marijuana-industry-looks-like-the-fastest-growing-job-market-in-the-country.html

**Tokenization: A Blueprint for Stopping the SEC**
*by salmayweather (<https://redd.it/b14vlb>)*
https://saltheagorist.blogspot.com/2019/02/tokenization-blueprint-for-stopping-sec.html

**Wealth Redistribution: What might happen to stocks, bonds and inflation**
*by kbrower (<https://redd.it/b14ydo>)*
https://www.datadataeverywhere.com/discounting-an-inflection-point-in-wealth-inequality/

**Don’t let ‘blockbuster’ job numbers fool you, Canada is one rung away from recession**
*by TheCrunk1 (<https://redd.it/b14yo3>)*
https://windsorstar.com/investing/david-rosenberg-dont-let-blockbuster-job-numbers-fool-you-canada-is-one-rung-away-from-recession/wcm/a3cbeb9e-adab-4f25-a44e-a3b96c04658e

**Interview with Brian Moynihan CEO of Bank of America.**
*by bombvien (<https://redd.it/b153vy>)*
https://infadium.blogspot.com/2019/01/brian-moynihan-lawyer-businessman-and.html

**The Hong Kong Dollar Peg is Highly Fragile and Nearing a ‘Tipping Point’ — because of the the Impossible Trinity (Mundell-Fleming Trilemma), the HK/USD peg is in danger. It’s at its lowest point since 2008. Pegs historically never last.**
*by Magicdonvito (<https://redd.it/b16emx>)*
https://speculatorsanonymous.com/articles/hong-kong-dollar-break/

**A new survey shows that zero top US economists agreed with the basic principles of an economic theory supported by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Modern Monetary Theory)**
*by PostFailureSocialism (<https://redd.it/b16pjs>)*
https://amp.businessinsider.com/economist-survey-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-modern-monetary-theory-2019-3

**Economists, Statisticians Concerned Over Political Interference In Data Estimation**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/b16uuf>)*
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/economists-social-scientists-concerned-over-political-interference-in-data-estimation#gs.1ias2t

**Does raising the minimum wage decrease Rideshare driver's total income?**
*by amaxen (<https://redd.it/b16xxx>)*
http://reason.com/blog/2019/03/14/new-york-citys-minimum-wage-law-for-ride

**A bizarre series of events has caused havoc for recent economic data and a headache for forecasters**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/b171cf>)*
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/economists-miss-jobs-report-economic-data-predictions-due-to-shutdown-weather-2019-3-1028016813

**The cost of insulin in America**
*by dutchgirl123 (<https://redd.it/b17n2j>)*
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47491964

**China's fight against smog last year may be obscuring just how bad its economy is this year**
*by DoremusJessup (<https://redd.it/b1913l>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/14/chinese-economy-fight-against-smog-may-be-obscuring-this-years-data.html

**MMT Debate: Three Keys to Understanding Its Significance**
*by lingben (<https://redd.it/b19xzu>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-13/mmt-debate-three-keys-to-understanding-its-significance

**Cocaine's unexpected economic impact.**
*by orange_feelings (<https://redd.it/b1c8m1>)*
https://infadium.blogspot.com/2019/03/states-economy-is-influenced-every-day.html

**The dangers of our ‘new data economy,’ and how to avoid them**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/b1cdxq>)*
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-dangers-of-our-new-data-economy-and-how-to-avoid-them

**You don’t have to believe China’s economic data to see that the world’s growth engine is slowing down**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/b1cfki>)*
https://business.financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/you-dont-have-to-believe-chinas-economic-data-to-see-that-the-worlds-growth-engine-is-slowing-down

**Aeternity Ventures Announces Second Round Of Starfleet Accelerator**
*by artandlitecrypto (<https://redd.it/b1czdm>)*
https://cryptobriefing.com/aeternity-ventures-announces-second-round-of-starfleet-accelerator/

**Interesting US new home sales data. The "spot" number trails the 12-mo moving average in a sign of fading momentum even with lower mortgage rates. Inventories are on the rise, which means supply is outstripping demand and we see that now in the renewed price erosion.**
*by TheCrunk1 (<https://redd.it/b1d8r2>)*
https://twitter.com/EconguyRosie/status/1106217298006822913

**Australian consumer confidence ‘plunges‘ as economic growth whiffs**
*by TheCrunk1 (<https://redd.it/b1d8tn>)*
https://augustareview.com/australian-consumer-confidence-plunges-as-economic-growth-whiffs/

**Turkish unemployment climbs to 13.5 percent; highest level since 2010 | Ahval**
*by TheCrunk1 (<https://redd.it/b1d9fz>)*
https://ahvalnews.com/turkey-unemployment/turkish-unemployment-climbs-135-percent-highest-level-2010

**Global Gloom Forces Japan Central Bank To Temper Its Outlook**
*by TheCrunk1 (<https://redd.it/b1din9>)*
https://leadership.ng/2019/03/15/global-gloom-forces-japan-central-bank-to-temper-its-outlook/

**LSE: Employee Wellbeing, Productivity and Firm Performance (PDF)**
*by Central_Bank_Bot (<https://redd.it/b1dx2q>)*
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1605.pdf

**Global Stocks Stay On Track For Weekly Rise**
*by MarkAALERa (<https://redd.it/b1ec37>)*
https://stockmarketnews.today/2019/03/15/global-stocks-stay-on-track-for-weekly-rise/

**Just 206 of 41,000 student applicants had loans discharged under the government’s loan forgiveness program**
*by speckz (<https://redd.it/b1epiv>)*
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/just-206-of-41000-student-applicants-had-loans-discharged-under-the-governments-loan-forgiveness-program-2018-12-21/

**Why the U.S. Trade Deficit Is Growing**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/b1eyzk>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-15/why-the-u-s-trade-deficit-is-growing

**Nearly Three Quarters of Economists Say $15 Minimum Wage Is Bad Idea**
*by dtlv5813 (<https://redd.it/b1fime>)*
https://freebeacon.com/issues/nearly-three-quarters-of-economists-say-15-minimum-wage-is-bad-idea/

**Using 19th century data from comercial routes to estimate the local of lost cities, by using gravitational models.**
*by sergiopestana (<https://redd.it/b1frsr>)*
https://economics.harvard.edu/files/economics/files/ms28350.