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August 24, 2026
Nighttime lights NASA
August 24, 2026
How Lights Have Begun to Change Lives

Updating Mission 300, we can see the progress with African electrification made by the World Bank and the African Development Bank Group.

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January 19, 2026
South African Electricity
January 19, 2026
Where Businesses Charge for a Charge

Affecting small and large businesses and even Trevor Noah's grandmother, electricity outages have been a South African problem.

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July 4, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic independence from Alexander Hamilton
July 4, 2025
Why We Have Economic Independence

On this 2025 Independence Day, we can look back at the economic independence that Alexander Hamilton created.

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September 13, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and microfinance
September 13, 2024
Banana Wine and Other Answers to Global Warming

Microfinance and global warming need not be distant ideas when they take us to the women in Malawi that make banana wine.

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August 30, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
August 30, 2024
Why a Dam Is About More Than Water

More than a source of electricity, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam challenges Egyptian and Ethiopian identity.

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October 20, 2023
China's GDP
October 20, 2023
Why China Is Doing a Belt and Road Pivot

As China begins the second decade of its Belt and Road initiative, it says it will pivot from the past with a new approach.

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August 9, 2023
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and pathway that avoids middle income trap
August 9, 2023
How an Economic Growth Path Can Lead to High Income

If the Dominican Republic's economy continues the convergence velocity predicted by the IMF, it will avoid the middle income trap.

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June 18, 2023
air conditioning demand
June 18, 2023
Where Less AC Might Mean More

Paradoxically, because air conditioning demand could increase with a more efficient window unit, we could have some unintended consequences.

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June 7, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
June 7, 2023
What Population Pyramids Tell Us

Far beyond their numbers, population pyramids can tell a story sbout the web that connects demography and economic growth.

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March 29, 2023
China's GDP
March 29, 2023
Where China Is Building New Financial Architecture

China's debt exposure has grown with its Belt and Road Initiative becoming a massive loan rescue operation.

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February 21, 2023
February 21, 2023
When China Started Drinking More Beer

Reflecting more affluence, China's beer consumption and its economic development have marched upward together.

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September 27, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and aging populations
September 27, 2022
Why We Want Age Inflation (or Maybe Deflation)

New UN life expectancy projections might not really display what living longer will mean for the most developed nations.

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