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Catherine Rampell writes about economics and edits the Economix blog. Before joining The Times, she wrote for the Washington Post editorial pages and financial section and for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Her work has also appeared in Slate, Smithsonian Magazine, The Village Voice, USA Today, NPR, MSNBC.com, The Miami Herald, The Dallas Morning News and various other publications.
Catherine grew up in South Florida (the New York part) and graduated from Princeton. She can be reached at crampell@nytimes.com.
ARTICLES BY CATHERINE RAMPELL
Buying Influence at Universities
As some schools become more desperate for money, some donors are attaching more strings to their gifts.
May 12, 2011MORE ON: Colleges and Universities, Philanthropy
Taxing Parents of Obese Children
An Illinois legislator has proposed removing the tax deduction for parents of obese children.
May 11, 2011Four Workers for Every Job Opening
The job market still isn't good, but at least it's on its way back.
May 11, 2011MORE ON: Economic Conditions and Trends, Labor and Jobs, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Recession and Depression, Unemployment, United States Economy
Comparing Recoveries: Job Changes
A look at how far the U.S. economy has to go before it fully recovers from the Great Recession.
May 06, 2011Inequality Rising Across the Developed World
A new report attributes the increase in inequality across rich countries to globalization, technological improvements and changing marriage patterns.
May 03, 2011Bin Laden and Inefficient Markets
Based on the Intrade odds on whether Osama bin Laden would be caught by September 2011, it appears someone made a lot of money yesterday.
May 02, 2011Dimming Optimism for Today's Youth
For the first time on record, most Americans say they do not believe today's youth will have better lives than their parents, according to new survey data from Gallup.
May 02, 2011Women in Politics, Around the World
There is still just one country with a female parliamentary majority: Rwanda, according to the latest numbers from the Inter-Parliamentary Union. By share of seats held by women, the United States ranks 92nd.
April 29, 2011After the Fall(s)
In retrospect the projections for an easy, and possibly even "V-shaped," recovery after the seem almost comically optimistic. Especially when you look at the history of financial crises.
April 29, 2011MORE ON: Recession and Depression
U.S. Economy Grew 1.8% in First Quarter
Higher commodity prices and winter blizzards that shuttered businesses and delayed construction were among the main causes of the slowdown.
April 29, 2011MORE ON: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, WEATHER, UNITED STATES ECONOMY, SNOW AND SNOWSTORMS, OIL (PETROLEUM) AND GASOLINE, PRICES (FARES, FEES AND RATES), UNITED STATES, COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Everyone Is 'Middle Class,' Right?
A new study finds that ignorance of one's relative standing in the income distribution is not unique to Americans, and looks at the policy consequences of such misperceptions.
April 27, 2011Fed Existentialism
What can the Federal Reserve actually accomplish?
April 27, 2011MORE ON: Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Inflation (Economics), United States Economy, Federal Reserve System, Bernanke, Ben S
Whither the Housing Bottom?
Today's Case-Shiller index report showed that housing prices fell for the seventh consecutive month in February. Some analysts now say that a bottom may finally be approaching -- for the second time.
April 26, 2011What Health Insurance Does Cover, and Doesn't
A new report shows that having private insurance doesn't guarantee that the life-saving service you need -- like kidney dialysis, or an organ transplant -- will be covered by your plan.
April 20, 2011MORE ON: Health Insurance and Managed Care
Rich People Still Don't Realize They're Rich
There's a big disconnect between what upper-income people think about the fairness of their own tax burden, and about the tax burden of "upper-income people" -- because so many rich people don't realize they're talking about themselves.
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