Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Why Is a Stock Market Free Fall a Major News Story?

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NPR’s On the Media runs this week an excellent feature questioning why stock market downturns end up being the top story everywhere in the media. Media preoccupation with Wall Street, not only likely distracts us from other more important economic news, but mistakenly assumes that a rising stock market is good news for everybody.

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