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Michael Mandel

Michael Mandel was BusinessWeek's chief economist from 1989-2009, where he helped direct the magazine's coverage of the domestic and global economies.

Since joining BusinessWeek in 1989, he has received multiple awards for his work, including being honored as one of the 100 top U.S. business journalists of the 20th century for his coverage of the New Economy. In 2006 Mandel was named "Best Economic Journalist" by the World Leadership Forum.

Mandel is the author of several books, including Rational Exuberance, The Coming Internet Depression, and The High Risk Society.

Mandel holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

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Michael Mandel's Latest Articles | 118

Domestic Computer Manufacturing: A Lot Smaller Than We Thought

May 22, 2012| 

The moral of the story: Why we need to spend more money on economic statistics, not less. For the past couple of years, the BEA and Census Bureau have been reporting... Read »

Republican War On Economic Data is Anti-Business and Anti-Growth

May 21, 2012| 

The House Republicans appear to be conducting a war on economic data. They seem to think that defunding data collection is all gain and no loss. In fact, the anti-data... Read »

Dropbox, Google Drive, and the Consumer Price Index

May 16, 2012| 

I was looking at the April CPI this morning, and I got to thinking about Dropbox. I use Dropbox literally 25-50 times a day.  I’m working on a file on my Apple... Read »

The Labor Market Continues to Heal

May 9, 2012| 

Is the labor market stagnating or improving? Pessimists, including Mitt Romney, interpreted the weak April jobs numbers as a bad sign for the labor market. This... Read »

The Government Investment Drought Continues…..

Apr 29, 2012| 

Sometimes things are not what we think they are. The conventional notion is that government has become more important under President Obama, while the private sector... Read »

Why Bash Innovative Google (GOOG)?

Apr 27, 2012| 

Let me get this straight. The communications boom is finally reviving the U.S. economy. There’s an incredible wave of startup activity and excitement around smartphones,... Read »

Instagram Purchase Is Good News for App Economy Jobs

Apr 12, 2012| 

The $1 billion purchase by Facebook of Instagram, a startup with a hot mobile photo app, was played up by the New York Times as a way for Facebook to stave off competition–”eat... Read »

App Economy Continues to Grow

Apr 6, 2012| 

This morning’s employment report confirms that the App Economy continues to grow, while much of the rest of the economy stays week. The number of people working... Read »

App Economy is ‘Job Leader’ Into the Future

Feb 7, 2012| 

Last spring Technet asked me to examine the size of the ‘App Economy’, focusing on the number of jobs being created.  The official job statistics from the BLS... Read »

Gain in Tech Help-Wanted Ads: Good News for Labor Market

Feb 3, 2012| 

After months of stagnation, labor demand appears to be perking up again, according to the latest data from The Conference Board Help Wanted Online report. Led by... Read »

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