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June 28, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and China's social scoring system
June 28, 2017
How a Social Score Gets You China’s Goods and Services

As China's social scoring system develops, undesirable behavior like jaywalking could limit someone's access to goods and services.

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June 15, 2017
household spending
June 15, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Missing the Mall

With shopping malls closing, we can look back at why they first began and why their design was a revolutionary innovation.

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June 7, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and traffic apps
June 7, 2017
Why It’s Tough to Solve Traffic Congestion

While the traffic congestion problem in NYC, LA and D.C. wastes huge time and money, they do not appear to want to solve it.

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May 21, 2017
stock market activity and World Cup
May 21, 2017
Why Shoot-out Kicks and Bread Machines Can Be Similar

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May 17, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and GDP
May 17, 2017
How to Really Grasp the GDP

We can better grasp what we mean by the GDP by looking at the numbers and also by comparing its components to an alternative.

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May 14, 2017
https://econlife.com/2026/09/urban-fertility/urban fertility
May 14, 2017
The Significance of a Baby’s Name

As a signal from parents, popular baby names can convey a quest for individuality as well as a liberal or conservative message.

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May 11, 2017
Olympics finance
May 11, 2017
An Olympics Proposal That Could Make a Match

Although Olympics finance is usually a catastrophe for the host city, the Los Angeles proposal for 2024 could be an exception.

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May 8, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and smiling societies
May 8, 2017
The Economics of a Smile

In a list of smiling societies, the U.S. could be close to the top for a surprising reason that relates to immigration and diversity.

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May 5, 2017
gender pay gap
May 5, 2017
Questions About the Global Gender Gap

Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.

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April 19, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and taxi tips
April 19, 2017
Our Taxi Tips

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April 13, 2017
healthcare costs
April 13, 2017
The Jobs That Unemployed Men Don’t Want

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April 9, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
April 9, 2017
Debating the Success of U.S. Healthcare

When ranking national healthcare, organizations use statistics that can be misleading because they are based on averages that include irrelevant data.

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