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March 10, 2023
Our Weekly EconomicNews Roundup and China's growth rate
March 10, 2023
How Should We Measure China’s Economic Growth?

Doubting China's growth rate, economists use alternative figures or even satellite images rather than traditional GDP components.

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March 9, 2023
household responsibilitiesand household production
March 9, 2023
Why Household Production Needs a Price

Because "we treasure what we measure," adding household production to the GDP would boost the value of what most women do.

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March 8, 2023
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March 8, 2023
What a “K” Says About Starbucks

After the Great Recession, businesses engaged the premiumization that recognizies the split between high and low income households.

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February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023
The Surprising Ways that Governments Get Money

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February 15, 2023
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
February 15, 2023
How (NOT) To Reduce a Federal Budget

Faced with pension reform proposals, workers in France responded with protests that U.S. lawmakers surely want to avoid.

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February 14, 2023
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February 14, 2023
How Valentine’s Became a Chocolate and Card Day

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January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023
What Money Should Look (and Feel) Like

Perhaps unaware of the criteria for the most functional currency, Nigeria's new money designers might not have solved its old problems.

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January 29, 2023
economic tailwinds and headwinds
January 29, 2023
Where Our Economic Tailwinds Are Taking Us

Looking at our economic tailwinds and headwinds, we can ask if together they will create a soft landing rather than a recession.

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January 26, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and music catalog monetization
January 26, 2023
Why Justin Bieber Cares About Catalog Shopping

Celebrities like Juston Bieber have monetized future income very differently from government's monetization policies.

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January 20, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
January 20, 2023
Why a Debt Rescue Committee Is “Deja Vu All Over Again”

Like Yogi Berra, we could say "deja vu all over again" about the Congressional debt reduction committees that were proposed and created.

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January 15, 2023
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January 15, 2023
An Easy Explanation of the Debt Ceiling

With another debt ceiling conflict emerging this week, we.should look back and ahead at how, what, and why the U.S. borrows.

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January 12, 2023
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
January 12, 2023
The Countries With the Best and Worst Social Security Systems

By comparing the world's retirement systems through the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, we can see how to improve them.

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