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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
Weekly economic news roundup and taxi tips
April 19, 2017
Our Taxi Tips

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April 18, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and tax facts
April 18, 2017
What We Don’t Know About Taxes

Asked about tax policy, most of us know little about who pays the most, how rates have changed, and which tax legislation was the best.

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April 16, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and potato chip shortage
April 16, 2017
Japan’s Potato Chip Crunch

Creating a run on potato chips, Japan's potato crisis is a classic supply and demand story that starts in the field and ends in the store.

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April 11, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cash payments
April 11, 2017
Where Cash (sort of) Rules

Like Mark Twain saying, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated," non-cash payments have not eliminated currency.

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April 6, 2017
summer blockbusters
April 6, 2017
What Matt Damon Can Teach Us About Chinese FDI

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April 3, 2017
Biden's spending proposals
April 3, 2017
Understanding the Big Numbers in the Federal Budget

Judging the Trump blueprint for the federal budget, we need to figure out how to compare trillion dollar totals to billion dollar proposals.

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