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May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
Why Snail Mail Still Matters

While email's ascent could appear to have replaced the value of the postal service, the message is massively misleading.

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March 7, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and geologic time scale
March 7, 2024
The Economic Side of Our Geologic Timeline

Looking at the massive expanse of the earth's geologic time scale, scientists are debating how to include recent human activity.

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February 23, 2024
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February 23, 2024
The 5 Economic Facts We Need To Know

When we look at five causes of U.S. economic strength, we can see the seeds of a Goldilocks economy that are continuing to sprout.

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January 25, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
January 25, 2024
How Should We Measure Our Well-Being?

While the Gross Domestic Product is our main measure of our well-being, we can ask if a GDP alternative would do a better job.

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January 23, 2024
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January 23, 2024
Where Golden Visas Create Unintended Consequences

Created with the best intentions, instead, countries' Golden Visas wound up with undesirable unintended consequences.

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January 11, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
January 11, 2024
A Second Case of Dutch Disease

We could say that Denmark's bigger GDP comes from the massive success of drugs from Novo Nordisk that make us smaller.

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December 24, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Home Alone economics
December 24, 2023
The Economic Side of “Home Alone”

Identifying "Home Alone" economics, we can see reasons for economic growth through the difference between 1990s and 2023 technology.

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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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July 12, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and geology
July 12, 2023
The Tradeoff Between Geology and Economics

If we are indeed in a new epoch, it will reflect the geologic tradeoffs between economic growth and natural phenomena.

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July 11, 2023
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July 11, 2023
Why China Might Be Caught in the Middle Income Trap

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July 4, 2023
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July 4, 2023
How Alexander Hamilton Gave Us Economic Independence

Remembering that independence is not only politics, today we can also honor the economic independence that Alexander Hamilton created.

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July 2, 2023
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July 2, 2023
The Meaning of Market Milestones

Rather like shifting tectonic plates, we can illustrate U.S. economic growth through the companies that achieved market milestones.

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