By Noah Smith, Bloomberg

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India needs a new urban push to solve crisis

Only radical solutions can help resolve fundamental issues with economy

India's economy needs some sort of lift. Short-term measures alone won't help. What is needed is a radical reinvigoration of its cities.

Work-life balance needs a complete reset

More findings now seem to discard old notions of worker productivity

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Oil industry needs a deeper look into future

Its workforce need to be repurposed for a post-oil environment

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US’s hard and soft data remain at odds

Business sentiments dip, but the economy still adds more to the workforce

The US economy grew significantly faster at the end of 2017 than previously reported, as consumer spending hit a three-year high and business investment rose.

Wealth is nothing without liquidity

That is why a giant gold asteroid crashing down to Earth will not amount to much

Wealth in and by itself serves a limited purpose.

The US shouldn’t shut the door on Chinese talent

There is a vast pool of the skilled who would prefer not to return to China

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Everyone isn’t joining the US economy’s boom party

Wages for a great majority remain stuck even as new jobs keep getting created

Everyone isn’t joining the US economy’s boom party

Bitcoin is feeling a bit of apathy and it hurts

More businesses drop the word that they will no longer use it for transactions

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Long road to making Bitcoin a viable currency

The biggest drawback will be the steep cost of ensuring transparency

The long road to making Bitcoin a viable currency

When data and tests don’t match up in economics

Economists need to refrain from rushing to assumptions based on flimsy detail

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Giving behaviour its due in economics

For far too long, rationality was the be-all and end-all in explaining patterns

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Many investors still keep faith as bubble burst

These are the ones that speculators typically prey on to amass their fortunes

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