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December 9, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
December 9, 2021
Where More Diapers Are a Disaster

The ingredients of China's new demographics recipe includes fewer marriages, a declining birth rate, more elderly, and interest in funerals.

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June 27, 2021
moving a capital city
June 27, 2021
Where to Find New Capital Cities

Whether looking at Indonesia today or the United States in 1791, moving a capital city can be somewhat similar.

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July 5, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic independence from Alexander Hamilton
July 5, 2020
How Hamilton Created U.S. Economic Independence

Through Alexander Hamilton's Development Plan, we see a timeless strategy for achieving economic independence from credit, debt, and growth.

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July 4, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic independence from Alexander Hamilton
July 4, 2019
Celebrating the Economic Independence That Alexander Hamilton Created

Relevant today, the timeless ideas in Alexander Hamilton's development plan are about a sovereign debt, banking, and economic growth.

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June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
Six Facts: Our Global Energy Consumption

The six facts that illustrate our global energy consumption take us to the countries, the growth rates, and the types of energy..

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April 16, 2019
economic growth and green shoots
April 16, 2019
How We Spend Our Money

By looking at one hundred years of consumer spending history, we can see how our food, housing, and clothing reflected our growing affluence.

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March 12, 2019
federal gasoline tax
March 12, 2019
How Venezuela Caught an Incurable Case of Dutch Disease

From the very beginning in 1922, Venezuela's oil industry fueled governmental decisions that created an incurable case of Dutch disease.

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March 11, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil facts
March 11, 2019
How Norway Avoided Dutch Disease

Avoided by Norway, Dutch disease is contracted by nations that let a commodity windfall dominate what they produce and spend.

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February 21, 2019
China's GDP
February 21, 2019
Six Facts That Explain How China Plans to Dominate World Trade

China's economic development and much more will be propelled if its Belt and Road Initiative sends trillions to countries in three continents.

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December 7, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and baby names
December 7, 2018
Why Less Land Needs To Make More Food

With population growth adding almost three billion people by 2050, we need to figure out how to produce more food with less land and fewer emissions.

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November 8, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and McDonald's Moscow Big Mac
November 8, 2018
Throwback Thursday: When McDonald’s Went to Moscow (and Maybe Changed the World)

Contemplating the impact of the McDonald's Moscow, journalist Thomas Friedman suggested that nations that hosted the hamburger chain won't fight each other.

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October 11, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and lighting history
October 11, 2018
The Light Side of Economic Growth

Looking at William Nordhaus's study of lighting history, we can see how increasingly cheaper illumination boosted our living standards.

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