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economist

[ih-kon-uh-mist] / ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /
NOUN
statistician
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He recently launched Power and Consequences External link, a weekly podcast about the economy, markets, and geopolitics with fellow MIT professor and Nobel Prize-winning economist Simon Johnson.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

“This is a significant and necessary step towards reopening the Strait and, potentially, ending the war,” said James Reilly, senior markets economist at Capital Economics.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill expressed skepticism about waiting to assess the Middle East conflict’s impact on U.K. inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The economist argued that, even if AI makes the cost of providing goods or services cheaper, demand and the need for more employees might go along with it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

The economist Jeffrey Sachs, an expert on world hunger, visited Zanmi Lasante after reading the Lancet article.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French



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