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December 28, 2021
James Webb telescope deployment
December 28, 2021
How the James Webb Space Telescope Takes Us Back Billions of Years and Billions of Dollars

In so many different ways, ranging from time to money, the James Webb Telescope is about billions of years and dollars.

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December 23, 2021
Zimbabwe's inflation
December 23, 2021
Why Zimbabwe Laundered Money

With a renewed need to launder tattered U.S.dollar bills, we have the return of Zimbabwe inflation and their problematic monetary policy.

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December 20, 2021
supply chain
December 20, 2021
The Tangles in Our Supply Chain

Globally creating supply chain tangles, the pandemic produced labor shortages and shipping distortions that the system couldn't handle.

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December 12, 2021
differences in household spending and inflation
December 12, 2021
The People With the Most and Least Inflation

While monthly CPI reports emphasize the average increase in prices, we can also use it to see the differences in household spending.

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December 10, 2021
economic news roundup and E-ZPass
December 10, 2021
What We Need To Know About E-ZPass

One of the little noticed transformative impacts on our lives was the arrival of toll-by-plate, aka, E-ZPass or AET (All Electronic Tolling).

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December 1, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Social Security COLAs
December 1, 2021
Deciding Who Won’t Get a U.S. Check

During two dates in December, we can worry about federal spending and debt and who won't get a check from the U.S. government.

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November 19, 2021
Economic news roundup and Thanksgiving meal turkeys
November 19, 2021
A Tale of Two Turkeys

From farms to grocery stores to the dining table, the Covid supply crunch has made Thanksgiving meal plans unpredictable.

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October 29, 2021
universal basic income (UBI)
October 29, 2021
Taking a Look at Universal Basic Income

With Chicago announcing the newest universal basic income program, we have some answers about the chance for success from Stockton CA.

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September 24, 2021
economic news roundup and California's Wealth Tax incentives
September 24, 2021
How Covid-19 Affected State Tax Revenue

We can look at a snapshot of different sources of state tax revenue for 2019 and 2021 to see yet another way that Covid-19 affected us.

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September 20, 2021
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September 20, 2021
How the Debt Ceiling Connects 1953 and 2021

Problems with the debt ceiling connect President Eisenhower's highway spending and President Biden's transportation infrastructure proposals.

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September 14, 2021
infrastructure spending
September 14, 2021
Where the U.S. Is Shrinking

Whether measuring the height of a mountain or the size of the GDP, we need a similar kind of statistical consistency.

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September 5, 2021
Argentina's cryptocurrency preference
September 5, 2021
Where September 7th Is Bitcoin Day

By adopting Bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador will be the first nation to say that the cryptocurrency is a national currency.

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