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May 15, 2017
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May 15, 2017
How Holiday Spending Helps (and Harms) Our Economy

Holiday spending is about more than Mother's Day when we look at the long list of days, weeks and months that were created to boost a brand or industry.

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May 12, 2017
priming the pump
May 12, 2017
How We Primed the Pump

When President Trump refers to priming the pump, we can think of the Great Depression, the Great Recession and deficit spending that can fuel the economy.

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May 11, 2017
Olympics finance
May 11, 2017
An Olympics Proposal That Could Make a Match

Although Olympics finance is usually a catastrophe for the host city, the Los Angeles proposal for 2024 could be an exception.

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May 9, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and CBO scoring
May 9, 2017
When a Score is Not About a Game

Told that the House had not waited for CBO scoring results before passing a version of the American Health Care Act, we can ask what they were missing.

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May 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and avocado consunption
May 7, 2017
The Mystery of the Disappearing Avocado

If your favorite veggie wrap no longer has avocado in it, you can ask your economist to explain avocado prices with supply and demand.

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May 5, 2017
gender pay gap
May 5, 2017
Questions About the Global Gender Gap

Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.

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May 3, 2017
Chinese economic growth
May 3, 2017
Enlightening Measures of China’s Growth

Economists can use nighttime lights from NASA's satellite images of the earth to decide if China's economic growth statistics are accurate.

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May 2, 2017
defining old
May 2, 2017
A New Kind of (Japanese) Stress

Requiring shorter refrigerators and adult diapers, Japan's aging population is creating demographic stress as their numbers grow.

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April 27, 2017
Weekly Economic New Roundup and tall building construction
April 27, 2017
Why Corporate Taxes Are Never Simple

Similar to a Magritte surrealistic painting, corporate taxes are not as simple as they appear because publicized numbers hide the real facts and incentives.

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April 24, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and the razor and blade strategy
April 24, 2017
A Happy (and sad) Razor and Blade Story

Producers of police body cameras can use a razor and blade strategy to spike their revenue for data storage and management.

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April 21, 2017
E-cigarette tax
April 21, 2017
Where Smokers Smuggle Cigarettes

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April 19, 2017
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April 19, 2017
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