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August 7, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
August 7, 2024
Should We Worry About the U.S. Debt?

Especially with higher interest rates, and spending from the Trump and Biden administrations, the U.S. debt is at worrisome levels.

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July 9, 2024
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July 9, 2024
How to Decide if Your Country Is Rich

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July 7, 2024
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July 7, 2024
Why Strawberries Are Like Tomatoes

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June 27, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
June 27, 2024
Why Higher Tariffs and a Wealth Tax Won’t Work

On the right and the left, proponents of new taxes suggest doomed policies like expanding tariffs or a wealth tax.

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June 16, 2024
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June 16, 2024
Where Can we Find Inflation and Political (Dis)Approval?

Looking at the trajectory of developed economies, we can ask if there is a connection between inflation and political approval.

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June 14, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Federal Reserve policies
June 14, 2024
What a Dot Can Tell Us

Helping us to understand its decisions, Federal Reserve dot plots display individual policy makers' future expectations.

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June 14, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Federal Reserve policies
June 14, 2024
What a Dot Can Tell Us

Helping us to understand its decisions, Federal Reserve dot plots display individual policy makers' future expectations.

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June 12, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Egyptian wheat imports
June 12, 2024
Where a Small Loaf of Bread Is a Big Problem

Providing many millions of small loaves of bread at below-market prices, Egypt takes us to a ripple of economic ideas far beyond food.

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April 29, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
April 29, 2024
Why Does It Matter What We Measure?

Because the GDP, the Dow, and even the employment numbers are insufficiently personal, they do a poor job of measuring well-being.

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February 23, 2024
economic growth and green shoots
February 23, 2024
The 5 Economic Facts We Need To Know

When we look at five causes of U.S. economic strength, we can see the seeds of a Goldilocks economy that are continuing to sprout.

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February 19, 2024
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February 19, 2024
When Fake Money Is Real

Moving away from the dollar or the euro, we can shift our image of money by thinking of a stone slab and other pseudo currencies.

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February 16, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the economy and democracy
February 16, 2024
Why the Economy and Democracy Still Need Each Other

From the Economist's EIU group and Pew Research, we can gain insight about the connection between the economy and democracy.

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