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October 28, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Halloween candy
October 28, 2018
The Red and Blue States That Agree on Halloween Candy Favorites

While Halloween candy spending displays some agreement between red and blue states, it also relates to a top ten list of economic ideas.

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October 25, 2018
military spending lenses
October 25, 2018
Looking at National Wealth Through a New Kind of Lens

Typically we look at our national wealth through a fiscal or GDP lens when we might get a better picture by using a balance sheet.

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October 22, 2018
Weekjly Economic News Roundup and lighting history
October 22, 2018
Where Are Women and Men Most Different?

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October 19, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and marijuana economics
October 19, 2018
How Legal Marijuana Could Make the Canadian GDP Too High

With marijuana legalization, Canada has had to revise 60 years of its Gross National Product (GDP) to avoid misleading numbers.

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October 17, 2018
economic news roundup and global learning crisis
October 17, 2018
Where Education and Healthcare Could Be Better

The new World Bank Human Capital Index was created to encourage the leaders of 157 countries to improve their healthcare and education.

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October 16, 2018
Pet Economic Indicators
October 16, 2018
Six Facts: What Our Pet Spending Says About Us

Documented in the entertainment category of consumer expenditures, pet spending has increased at the same time that their names have changed.

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October 5, 2018
household responsibilitiesand household production
October 5, 2018
What the GDP Leaves out (And Should It Matter?)

As a yardstick of the value of the goods and services produced in one year, a country's GDP might be more accurate if it included unpaid household work.

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October 3, 2018
Weekly economic News Roundup and $100 bills
October 3, 2018
The Cash We Love to Stash

Although going cashless seems to be a trend, we are printing more $100 bills for people in the U.S.and elsewhere in the world.

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September 28, 2018
Biden's spending proposals
September 28, 2018
Six Facts We Need to Know About the Federal Budget

The six facts that we need to know about the federal budget include spending, taxes, borrowing, and where we could wind up.

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September 16, 2018
Weekly economic news roundup and Waffle House Index
September 16, 2018
What the Waffle House Index Says About a Storm

As a leading indicator for business activity during a natural disaster, the color coding for the Waffle House Index provides a handy forecast.

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September 13, 2018
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
September 13, 2018
Six Facts About Disaster Economics

When natural disasters like hurricanes, massive snowstorms, and wildfires strike a region, their economic impact is far more than the clean-up.

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September 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the Starbucks effect
September 12, 2018
The Impact of the Starbucks Effect

Called the Starbucks effect, current and future housing prices tend to rise when a Starbucks moves into the neighborhood.

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