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January 31, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and transportation infrastructure
January 31, 2025
Should We Charge Our Electric Cars?

A problem that needs to be solved, dwindling federal highway funding requires solutions that have a slew of tradeoffs.

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January 21, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
January 21, 2025
The Three R’s of Trade Policy

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November 15, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and transportation infrastructure
November 15, 2024
Why We Want Fewer Roads

Looking at cost and benefit in 316 urban areas, a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that rather than taking city streets for granted, we should ponder the alternatives.

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November 12, 2024
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November 12, 2024
How Nvidia Changed the Dow

Looking at the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its recent changes, we can also see some U.S. financial history.

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November 10, 2024
European exports
November 10, 2024
What History Says About Tariffs

Whether looking at the 1930s or now, we see that the impact of tariffs on businesses, on global trade, and on government revenue is negative.

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October 9, 2024
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
October 9, 2024
Disaster Economics

Looking at disaster economics, we can calculate the cost through a timeline that takes us to before, during, and after.

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October 8, 2024
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
October 8, 2024
When a Mortgage Is Like a Hurricane

The United States can move money from regions with money to those that need it for needs that include mortgages and hurricanes.

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October 2, 2024
economic news roundup and the Dow and the S&P
October 2, 2024
How the Pandemic Increased Our Stock Market Wealth

During the pandemic, depending on your age and gender, changes in investor behavior increased stock market wealth.

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September 27, 2024
African debt
September 27, 2024
Why and Where Africa Needs More Rail and Roads

A new report from the Africa Finance Corporation details how Africa's rail, road, and air transportation infrastructure need strengthening.

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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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July 29, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Southwest brand value
July 29, 2024
Why Southwest Wants To Board Us More Slowly

Knowing that Southwest's boarding strategies will change, we can ask about the impact of the switch on their turnaround productivity.

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