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Econ Focus

First Quarter 2018

Cover for First Quarter 2018 issue

Cover Story

Are Markets Too Concentrated?

Industries are increasingly concentrated in the hands of fewer firms. But is that a bad thing?

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Features

Paying for Success

State and local governments are trying a new financing model for social programs

Cows

Do Entrepreneurs Pay to Be Entrepreneurs?

Some small-business owners are motivated more by values than financial gain

Departments

Message from the President

Taxes and the Fed

Upfront

Regional News at a Glance

Jargon Alert

Graduate holding money

At the Richmond Fed

The Great
ATM Shakeout

Federal Reserve

A Taxing Question
for the Fed

Research Spotlight

Did Workers Get Worse at Finding Jobs?

Interview

Jesús Fernández-
Villaverde

Policy Update

Reforming Corporate Taxes

Economic History

Bank note issued around 1854 by the Quassaick Bank of Newburgh, N.Y

When Banking Was 'Free'

District Digest

Land-Use Regulations:
A View from the Fifth District

Book Review

Book Review: Capitalism Without Capital

From Industrial
to Intangible

Opinion

TFP, Prosperity,
and the FOMC

Contact Us

David A. Price (804) 697-8018