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June 5, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the best country
June 5, 2023
Measuring Global Well-Being

Looking at the global well-being metrics from the Social Progress Imperative, we can see 60 criteria that exclude GDP.

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June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023
What Immigrants Bring To Their New Homes

As a source of inventive entrepreneurial talent, the immigrants that compose global migration are valuable human capital.

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May 31, 2023
federal gasoline tax
May 31, 2023
The High Cost of Cheap Gas

Looking at Nigeria's gas prices, we can see the costly impact of a subsidy and what happens when it is removed.

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May 29, 2023
federal spending
May 29, 2023
Simply Stating the Debt Ceiling Deal

Stated by Congress in 99 pages of unintelligible sentences, the two halves of the debt ceiling deal can be simply summarized.

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May 26, 2023
economic news roundup and assortative dating
May 26, 2023
How We’ve Been Delaying Life

Comparing 1980 and now, we would see that many of us are older when we experience five of life's key milestones.

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May 25, 2023
changing job markets and bank robbers
May 25, 2023
What We Need to Know About a Very Big Bank

Looking closely at banking competition takes us to balance sheets, regulation, competitive market structures, and JPMorgan Chase.

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May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023
Why Monique Is More Than a Chicken

More than money, our increased pet spending signals the changing relationship we have with our dogs and cats and even a chicken.

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May 22, 2023
NASA's budget
May 22, 2023
Pride or Practicality? Debating NASA’s Budget

With NASA's funding, the dilemmas of budget cuts range from intangible pride to practical on earth considerations.

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May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023
How Grandma Responds to a Debt Default

Affecting citizens, creditors, and contractors, a debt default is a personal event that touches the lives of millions of people.

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May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023
How Mickey Mouse and Prince Are Similar

Although the Supreme Court has answers about the intellectual property rights to an original image of Prince, still we debate its ownership.

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May 15, 2023
Amazon's air fleet
May 15, 2023
Why We Expect Faster Deliveries

Mostly because of Amazon, the demand and supply sides of markets encourage us to expect increasingly faster deliveries.

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May 9, 2023
economic news roundup and banana emissions
May 9, 2023
What We Can Learn From a Banana

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