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November 11, 2024
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November 11, 2024
Why We Have Too Many Apples

Looking at apple markets, we would see that farmers and tghe federal government are wrestling with supply and demand problems.

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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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November 7, 2024
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and comparing wages
November 7, 2024
How Elections Affect Our Spending

Looking at post election consumer spending, we can ask if winning party affiliation boosts an individual's spending.

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November 5, 2024
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November 5, 2024
What Measuring Happiness Reveals About Marriage and Money

When economists focus on measuring happiness, they look at marriage and money, gender and race, and much more.

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November 4, 2024
natural resource wealth
November 4, 2024
What Norway and Botswana Did Right

While it's easy to attract many maladies when managing natural resource wealth, Norway and Botswana figured out how to avoid Dutch Disease.

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October 30, 2024
eekly Economic News Roundup and U.S economic soft landing
October 30, 2024
How the U.S. Is Fueling Global Growth

In its October report, IMF economic projections display a world, fueled by the U.S. that is on the upswing.

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October 25, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and an ice cream sundae
October 25, 2024
What Weight Signals

With drugs making it easier for us to avoid obesity, we can ask if the link between more weight and less wealth for women will continue.

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October 22, 2024
Coffee Shop Neurology
October 22, 2024
The Correlation Between Starbucks and Startups

The connection between Starbucks and startups displays how a coffee shop can be more than a place to buy a drink.

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October 18, 2024
Spanish immigration
October 18, 2024
The Economics of Immigration

Inadequately considered by the presidential candidates, immigration economics will have a gargantuan impact of the U.S. economy.

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October 16, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and dynamic pricing
October 16, 2024
Why Chips Bags Are Never Full

Irritated by half full bags of potato chips, we should know that there is a good reason for the slack-fill.

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October 15, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and business friendliness
October 15, 2024
Deciding Where To Do Business

With the demise of "Doing Business," the World Bank just announced a replacement that focuses on business friendliness and much more.

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October 13, 2024
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October 13, 2024
How a Tennis Player and a Longshoreman Are Similar

Seemingly very different, because tennis and port automation both involve people being replaced by machines, the tradeoffs are similar.

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