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March 4, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and STEM
March 4, 2018
The Mystery of the STEM Paradox

Identifying the countries where women are more likely to select STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), scholars had some surprises.

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February 28, 2018
sleep time
February 28, 2018
Why Night Owls and Early Birds Affect the GDP

Determined genetically, our sleep preferences as night owls, morning larks or neither could affect our productivity at work.

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February 11, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and dogs as an economic indicator
February 11, 2018
How Your Dog is an Economic Indicator

Looking at New York City real estate prices and the dogs that households own, we can see a correlation and a quirky economic indicator.

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December 20, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and human capital and year of the dragon
December 20, 2017
How to Make Kids Smarter (And Also Help the GDP)

While superstition tells us that babies born during the Year of the Dragon will have more success and power, economists look at human capital investment.

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October 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
October 19, 2017
Connecting a Good Economy to Bad Health

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October 9, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and solar panels in Puerto Rico
October 9, 2017
Puerto Rico’s Solar Power Alternative

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September 22, 2017
de minimis exemption
September 22, 2017
What Amazon Wants For Its HQ2

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August 4, 2017
chicken export nationalism
August 4, 2017
The Development Debate About Chickens

When Bill Gates expressed his foundation's support for giving chickens to people in extreme poverty, he ignited a debate about development programs.

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July 23, 2017
economic recovery
July 23, 2017
Not Quite a Goldilocks Recovery

To decide the strength of our economic recovery since the Great Recession, we can use seven numbers or just one that might be most important.

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July 11, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Saudi woman Manal al-Shafif
July 11, 2017
How Women Could Elevate the Saudi GDP

Far more than constraining Saudi women, Saudi Arabia's discrimination diminishes the entire economy's production possibilities.

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July 4, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and economic independence from Alexander Hamilton
July 4, 2017
Celebrating Economic Independence

Looking at Hamilton economics through his development plan and now, we can see so very clearly why he can be called the father of our economy.

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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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