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April 7, 2023
federal spending
April 7, 2023
Our Lawmakers’ Conflict Between Politics and Math

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April 2, 2023
Social Security projections
April 2, 2023
Our Most Up-to-Date Social Security Worries

With the newest Trustees Report, Social Security projections indicate the Congress might echo its 1983 negotiations.

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March 26, 2023
Zimbabwe's inflation
March 26, 2023
Where You Don’t Want To Be a Trillionaire

We could say that repeatedly, Zimbabwe's inflation rate is so high that their dollar cannot possibly be called money.

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February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023
The Surprising Ways that Governments Get Money

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February 15, 2023
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
February 15, 2023
How (NOT) To Reduce a Federal Budget

Faced with pension reform proposals, workers in France responded with protests that U.S. lawmakers surely want to avoid.

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January 20, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
January 20, 2023
Why a Debt Rescue Committee Is “Deja Vu All Over Again”

Like Yogi Berra, we could say "deja vu all over again" about the Congressional debt reduction committees that were proposed and created.

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January 15, 2023
debt ceiling
January 15, 2023
An Easy Explanation of the Debt Ceiling

With another debt ceiling conflict emerging this week, we.should look back and ahead at how, what, and why the U.S. borrows.

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January 12, 2023
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
January 12, 2023
The Countries With the Best and Worst Social Security Systems

By comparing the world's retirement systems through the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, we can see how to improve them.

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January 9, 2023
building roads
January 9, 2023
Why We Won’t Want a Wider Highway

Intuitively logical for reducing congestion, sometimes adding highway lanes and road building have unintended consequences.

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October 20, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and bird tourism
October 20, 2022
When Bird Tourism Is Not “For the Birds”

Whether looking at New Zealand's "bird of the year" contest or Alaska's bird tourism industry, we see benefits that are not "for the birds."

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August 19, 2022
Economic news roundup and sovereign debt
August 19, 2022
Where Sovereign Debt Comes From

We can better grasp the sovereign debt of advanced, emerging market, and developing economies by looking at the different groups of lenders.

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July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022
Why a Latte for the Loo Could Be a Problem

With the NYC debating a bill to increase the city's public bathrooms, we can see that the issue is about a lot more than the loo.

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